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An Issue of Representation: Increasing the Number of Black Women in Staff Leadership

Eze-Usher, Maura
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9246-4720
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1659349658920312

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2022, Doctor of Education , University of Dayton, Educational Leadership.
This study explores obstacles to career advancement faced by black female staff in Higher education. Through interviews and surveys, key factors impacting this population are identified and a solution is proposed in the form of an action plan. Interviews exposed the issue of isolation, lack of support, and a need for early training for both employees and supervisors. The proposed action plan adopts an Africentric model of community building to provide a structure to address the three identified themes. This study contributes to an area of research with limited attention. University diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts routinely focus on diversifying faculty and student populations, while excluding staff. This mixed method research study addresses how the creation, implementation, and maintenance of a self-governing support structure is beneficial to the culture of the campus and expands the DEI recruitment and retention efforts ordinarily reserved for faculty and students.
Patricia Brosnan (Committee Member)
Elizabeth Essex (Committee Member)
James Olive (Committee Chair)
114 p.
African American Studies; Higher Education; Higher Education Administration; Labor Relations; School Administration
Access, higher education, staff, minority, black, women, isolation, leadership, promotion, hiring, supervision, cost of belonging, networking and community building

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  • Eze-Usher, M. (2022). An Issue of Representation: Increasing the Number of Black Women in Staff Leadership [Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1659349658920312

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Eze-Usher, Maura. An Issue of Representation: Increasing the Number of Black Women in Staff Leadership . 2022. University of Dayton, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1659349658920312.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Eze-Usher, Maura. "An Issue of Representation: Increasing the Number of Black Women in Staff Leadership ." Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1659349658920312

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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