Preface

Advancing Women in Leadership On-line Journal was launched in 1997 with the intent of publishing manuscripts that report, synthesize, review, or analyze scholarly inquiry that focuses on women’s issues.  The intent of this journal is to encourage and support the proliferation of women in positions of leadership in all aspects of professional and corporate America.  In the encouragement of advancing women in leadership, we present the following manuscripts.  They are:

Factors Influencing Career Choice for Women in Science, Mathematics, and Technology: The Importance of a Transforming Experience by Dr. Leslie Besecke and Dr. Anne Reilly

Coming Full Circle: Mid-Career Women Leaving Administration and Returning to Faculty by Dr. Gaye Luna and Dr. Catherine Medina

Pay and Rank of Female Engineers in Government Service: A Crack in the Glass Ceiling by Dr. Michael Sincoff, Dr. Bud Baker, and Dr. T. Scott Graham

Factors Influencing Successful IT Women’s Career Choices: A Qualitative Study by Dr. Peggy Meszaros. Dr. Carol Burger, and Dr. Elizabeth Creamer

Gendered Emotion Management and Perceptions of Affective Culture in a Military Nonprofit Organization by Dr. Jamie Callahan

Women, Organizational Development and the New Science of Happiness by Dr. Virginia Milhouse

Women College Presidents: Interviews about Journeys and Adaptations by Dr. Jo Young Switzer

Women in Hospital Chief Executive Officer Positions: Fact or Fiction by Dr. Mary Ann Keogh Hoss

The Paradox and the Price: A Case Study of Female Academic Managers in an Australian Regional University by Dr. Michelle Wallace

Welcome Ground for Women Faculty in Academe: An International Perspective by Dr. Joanne Cooper and Dr. Jane Strachan

An Indigenous Perspective on Women Leadership: An Example for Higher Education by Dr. Judy Witt and Four Arrows

What Does Emotional Intelligence and Gender Have to Do with Leadership Effectiveness…Or Does It? By Dr. Tammy Condren, Dr. Barbara Martin, and Dr. Sandy Hutchinson

Women in Higher Education since 1970: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same by Dr. Eugenia Gerdes

Tracing Young Women’s Career Aspirations from Junior High School into College by Dr. Patricia VanLeuvan

Race, Gender, and Leadership by Patricia Parker, reviewed by Janie Kelly

Our intent is that this journal is viewed as a professional publication site for scholarly inquiry and perspectives that promote gender equity and advance women in leadership.  It is our hope that you find this issue of Advancing Women in Leadership thought provoking, enjoyable, and that you look forward to subsequent issues.  Suggestions for improvement, encouragement, and submission for upcoming issues are welcomed and appreciated.  Genevieve Brown, Ed.D. & Beverly J. Irby, Ed.D. Editors