Explores efforts to integrate women into combat forces in the military. Investigates how resistance to equity becomes entrenched. Traces the ways that organizational obliviousness shapes individuals, culture, and institutional practices throughout an organization. Based on focus groups and surveys with members of Special Operations.

Communities across the United States face problems not easily solved by any one organization or sector. Partners must work together over time to address these shared priorities. This Element compares and contrasts a sample of enduring voluntary partnerships with those that have ended to identify features that contribute to collaborative resilience.

Women are still underrepresented as public-sector organizational leaders, despite comprising half of the United States' workforce. Using a problem-driven approach, inductive and deductive research, the authors explore the complex puzzle of gendered experiences and career paths that provide insights into gender imbalanced leadership in this domain.