Article: Identities under scrutiny: How women leaders navigate feeling misidentified at work

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Women leaders often experience scrutiny of their identity and a sense of asymmetry – that is, others see them differently to how they see themselves. In this study women leaders in male-dominated industries describe their experiences - and their strategies for overcoming - identity asymmetry.

Chapter Authors: Alyson Meister, Amanda Sinclair, and Karen Jehn

Chapter Title: Identities under scrutiny: How women leaders navigate feeling misidentified at work

Journal Title: The Leadership Quarterly, Volume 28, Issue 5

First Published: October 2017

Publisher: Elsevier / ScienceDirect

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