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This chapter develops the concept of the Legitimacy Trap in relation to women leaders to illustrate a configuration of gendered patterns that function to destabilise women’s leadership legitimacy. The Legitimacy Trap concept was developed following a re-examination of previous studies that analysed women leaders’ experiences through a legitimacy lens. This re-examination of previous studies led us to identify seven elements that form the Legitimacy Trap. These elements constrain women leaders within a set of dialectics that collectively destabilize their authority and reinforce leadership as a masculine activity. The chapter contributes to critical understandings of leadership by problematising individualised solutions to the lack of diversity in leadership roles.
Author(s): Elliott C, Mavin S, Stead V
Editor(s): Knights, D., Liu, H., Smolović-Jones, O. and Wilson, S.
Publication type: Book Chapter
Publication status: Published
Book Title: The Routledge Critical Companion to Leadership Studies
Year: 2024
Volume: 1
Pages: 175-186
Online publication date: 30/04/2024
Acceptance date: 01/06/2023
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis
Place Published: New York, OXON
URL: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003363125/routledge-critical-companion-leadership-studies-david-knights-helena-liu-owain-smolovi%C4%87-jones-suze-wilson?refId=70611509-abd2-4151-af33-3a6ffbcc1848&context=ubx
DOI: 10.4324/9781003363125
ePrints DOI: 10.57711/ggd8-pj56
