ABSTRACT
Most studies about inequity in women leadership focus on the public and commercial sectors. Even when talking about gender inequity in academia, research either concentrated on the domination of men in senior academic ranks and administrative leadership or on the Matilda effect, which shows the under-recognition of women and women’s disadvantages in citations. Chinese women journal editors are rare in the field of communication despite the increasing number of Chinese women faculty members. The chapter offers a cross-country perspective by interviewing Chinese women editors and academic association leaders in mainland China, Taiwan, and the US It focuses on women in the position of editor-in-chief/sole editor or academic association president because they are the ones making final decisions, determining the journal’s or association’s direction, and managing the editorial staff. The discrimination against women for leadership positions in the workplace has been attributed to the leadership stereotype.
