NEWS RELEASE
August 19 2002
MEDIA
ADVICE ….MEDIA ADVICE…MEDIA ADVICE..
UniSA
looks at women on top
While
there may be some disillusionment out there with the “women can have it
all” philosophy of the 1980s and 90s, more than ever before in history
women are taking it to the top – becoming senior managers, company
directors and political leaders.
But
what does it take to be on top and what is the future for women in
leadership roles in the 21st century? In an Australia where
birth rates are plummeting, where women who do have children are waiting
longer to do so and where paid maternity leave is still under hot debate,
are women today more likely to have what they choose rather than having it
all?
In
the fourth of a series of free public lectures presented through UniSA’s
Weaving the Social Fabric series, Dr Margaret Peters will look at the
future for women leaders and executives.
The lecture will be
held at UniSA’s City West campus, 70 North Terrace at 6 pm this evening
(August 19 2002) in the Yungondi Building.
Senior
lecturer in Communications and New Media at UniSA, Dr Peters will explore
the rapidly changing face of managerial cultures today and the growing
importance of the knowledge economy. Her lecture will draw on the personal
experiences of 200 male and female Australian executives interviewed in a
major research project looking at how gender is perceived in the workplace
today.
The
lecture will uncover perceptions never discussed in the boardrooms and
rarely shared among executive peers and will provide new perspectives on
our leaders, their emotional investments in their jobs, their values,
beliefs and assumptions and the whole tug between power and rewards,
responsibilities and leadership.
Media
contact: Michèle Nardelli (08) 8302 0966 or 041 8823673
email: michele.nardelli@unisa.edu.au
