Lived Experiences of Women IT Executives Authentic Leadership

Lived Experiences of Women
IT Executives Authentic
Leadership

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction....................................................................................................................5
Background of the Problem....................................................................................................5
Problem Statement..................................................................................................................5
Purpose of the Study...............................................................................................................5
Nature of the Study.................................................................................................................5
Significance of the Study........................................................................................................6
Research Questions................................................................................................................6
Brief Review of the Literature................................................................................................6
Conceptual Framework..........................................................................................................6
Assumptions, Limitations, and Delimitations........................................................................7
Definition of Terms................................................................................................................7
Conclusion..............................................................................................................................7
Chapter 2..........................................................................................................................................7
Introduction............................................................................................................................7
Historical development of the Topic: ....................................................................................8
Importance of the Study and Implication for Practice............................................................9
Directions for Future Research...............................................................................................9
Integrative and Critical elements............................................................................................9
Chapter 3: Research Method..........................................................................................................10
Research Design...................................................................................................................10
Appropriateness of Design...................................................................................................10
Procedure..............................................................................................................................10
The Role of the Researcher..................................................................................................10
Research Questions..............................................................................................................10
Hypotheses...........................................................................................................................11
Population and Sample.........................................................................................................11
Geographic or Virtual Location............................................................................................11
Instrumentation.....................................................................................................................11
Data Collection.....................................................................................................................11

Data Analysis .......................................................................................................................11
Human Participants and Ethics Precautions ........................................................................12
Validity and Reliability........................................................................................................12
Contribution to Social, Practice, or Organizational Change................................................12
Summary...............................................................................................................................12
Chapter 4: Results..........................................................................................................................12
General Description of the Participants................................................................................12
Research Questions..............................................................................................................13
Sample Size .........................................................................................................................13
Pilot Tests.............................................................................................................................13
Data Collection.....................................................................................................................14
Unit of Analysis and Measurement......................................................................................14
Data Analysis........................................................................................................................14
Coding and Codebook Generation.......................................................................................14
Qualitative Results................................................................................................................14
Themes Confirming the Literature.......................................................................................15
Results of Hypothesis Tests .................................................................................................15
Outliers.................................................................................................................................15
Validity and Reliability........................................................................................................15
Summary...............................................................................................................................15
Chapter 5: Discussion, Conclusions, and Recommendations........................................................17
Ethical Dimensions...............................................................................................................17
Limitations............................................................................................................................17
Summary of Findings...........................................................................................................17
Explanation of Findings.......................................................................................................17
Research Question 1.............................................................................................................17
Research Question 2.............................................................................................................18
Research Question 3.............................................................................................................18
Research Question 4.............................................................................................................18
Recommendations................................................................................................................18
Suggestions for Future Research..........................................................................................18

Implications for Social, Practice, or Organizational Change...............................................19
Conclusions..........................................................................................................................19