This article considers the ambivalent and contradictory positions that women in senior leadership roles in universities occupy. And while women continue to be numerically in the minority in senior leadership positions, this relative invisibility can work to their advantage; they are neither inside nor outside of the university hierarchy. Inside/outside presents a useful metaphor as it foregrounds the ambivalences and contradictions women leaders experience. Drawing on a two-year project, I tease out ways in which women navigate their institutional and individual positioning as leaders. These offer a glimpse into the formal and informal ways in which women shape and contest prevailing leadership practices.

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绘制领导力的领域：高等教育中的性别和领导力

本文考虑了女性在大学担任高级领导职务时所占据的矛盾和矛盾的职位。虽然女性在高级领导职位上的数量仍然占少数，但这种相对隐蔽性对她们有利；他们既不在大学等级制度之内，也不在大学等级制度之外。内部/外部提供了一个有用的比喻，因为它突出了女性领导者所经历的矛盾和矛盾。在一个为期两年的项目中，我梳理出女性如何驾驭她们作为领导者的机构和个人定位。这些让我们得以一窥女性塑造和竞争主流领导实践的正式和非正式方式。