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I'mpossible: A Phenomenological Study of Factors Contributing to African American Women's Successful Ascension to Senior Leadership in Corporate America

Duncan, Tisha A.
http://orcid.org/0009-0001-3696-1757
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1680263982625834

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2023, Doctor of Organization Development & Change (D.O.D.C.), Bowling Green State University, Organization Development.
African American women are actively advancing to senior leadership across various business sectors in the United States. Many extraordinary Black women have strategically navigated and overcome barriers to occupy influential positions in some of the country’s most well-known companies. Although increasing numbers of African American women and other minority females are breaking through the proverbial glass ceiling or concrete wall, literature on African American women leaders primarily focuses on organizational and institutional barriers. This qualitive, phenomenological study focuses on 13 African American women leaders who successfully climbed the corporate ladder to senior or executive positions within their fields’ professional leadership contexts. By learning from their unique, lived experiences, this study identified facilitators that contributed to their successful ascension. These facilitators were categorized by contextual and individual factors, and key themes that emerged from this study included (a) race and gender barrier and asset, (b) career success and motivation, (c) family influences, (d) cultivating a community, (e) investment in professional development, (f) personal brand management, and (g) personal board of directors and advocates.
Deborah O'Neil, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Margaret Brooks, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
David Jamieson, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Chris Willis, Ph.D. (Other)
196 p.
African Americans; Management
Black; African American; leadership; upward mobility; career advancement; corporate ladder; success strategies; barriers to advancement

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  • Duncan, T. A. (2023). I'mpossible: A Phenomenological Study of Factors Contributing to African American Women's Successful Ascension to Senior Leadership in Corporate America [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1680263982625834

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Duncan, Tisha. I'mpossible: A Phenomenological Study of Factors Contributing to African American Women's Successful Ascension to Senior Leadership in Corporate America. 2023. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1680263982625834.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Duncan, Tisha. "I'mpossible: A Phenomenological Study of Factors Contributing to African American Women's Successful Ascension to Senior Leadership in Corporate America." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1680263982625834

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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