1 Introduction: Is It a One Big Habitus? SECTION I Women and Leadership in Public Relations: A Synthesis of Existing Research and the Way Forward 2 From Public Relations Management to Leadership: A Critical Turn 3 Women and Leadership in Public Relations and Communication Management: Developing a Rhizomatic Typology of Knowledge and Professional Development as an Ecological Radical Feminine Perspective SECTION II Something Old is New Again ? Women and Leadership in Public Relations from West to East 4 Barriers to Leadership Advancement in an Age of Turbulence: Perspectives from Women in PR in the United States 5 Who takes the Blame? Factors of the Perpetuation of the Glass Ceiling in Public Relations and Strategic Communication in Latin America 6 "I have found with women I have had some really good female bosses, but a lot of them can get quite bitchy": Leadership Styles, Socialisation and Blokishness in Public Relations Industry in England 7 Women and Leadership in Public Relations in Greece 8 Career Development and Leadership Opportunities in Public Relations from Georgian Perspective 9 Women’s Leadership in the Public Relations Profession: Attitudes, Opinions and Communication Styles 10 Women Public Relations Leaders’ Perception of a Gendered Profession 11 Investigating Women as Public Relations Leaders in Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia SECTION III The Women’s Leadership in Public Relations: Case Studies of Inspirational Women’s Leadership in Public Relations 12 A Public Relations "Woman of Valor" Belle Moskowitz as a Strategist for Social and Political Change 13 Excellent Academic and Research Leadership from South Africa 14 ‘She’s Played a Blinder’: Nicola Sturgeon as a Crisis Leader and Change Agent in Scotland SECTION IV Critical and Post-feminist Perspectives 15 "It’s Trivial, Bitchy and Dull" ? Why Women Leave Public Relations and How They Renegotiate Their Identities 16 The Black Swans of Public Relations: Folk Theory, Female Entrepreneurship, and Post-Feminism