Handbook of Research on Promoting Women's Careers.

Author/creator Vinnicombe, Susan
Other author Burke, Ronald J.
Other author Blake-Beard, Stacy.
Other author Moore, Lynda L.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013.
Description1 online resource (525 pages).
Supplemental ContentEBSCOhost
Subjects
Women executives.
Women in the professions.
Career development.
Sex discrimination in employment.

SeriesElgar original reference
Elgar original reference. ^A696712
Contents Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: advancing women's careers: a key business issue; PART 1 SETTING THE SCENE; 1. Gender ratios in organizations: managerial and cross-cultural issues; 2. The continuing challenge of incorporating race and ethnicity into research on women's management careers*; 3. Sprinters, marathoners and relay runners: profiles of women's career development over time; 4. Stop fixing women, start building management competencies; PART 2 CHALLENGES FACING CAREER WOMEN; 5. Theoretical advances in the study of sexual harassment.
Contents 6. Gender stereotypes and their implications for women's career progress; 7. Women's occupational motivation: the impact of being a woman in a man's world; 8. Women's impact on women's careers in management: queen bees, female misogyny, negative intra-relations and solidarity behaviours; 9. Organizational politics: the missing link to women's progression into managerial roles; 10. Glass networks: how networks shape the careers of women directors on corporate boards; 11. Beyond bias and barriers: a biopsychosocial lens for understanding gender communication in organizations.
Contents 12. Prejudice against women leaders: sex of voice; PART 3 WOMEN IN SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONAL SECTORS AND ROLES; 13. Women in professional services firms; 14. Gender differences in the academic work experiences of faculty at early, middle and late career stages; 15. Where are the women in academic science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields?; 16. Breakthrough for women on UK boards; 17. Women professionals in the software services sector in India; 18. A gendered analysis of international career development: progress, pitfalls and prospects; PART 4 SUPPORTING WOMEN'S CAREER DEVELOPMENT.
Contents 19. Advancing women: a focus on strategic initiatives; 20. Women's leadership programmes are still important; 21. The effect of race and migration on the managerial advancement of women; 22. Factors supporting women's career advancement: differences between male and female CEOs in the United States; 23. Best practice case studies; 24. E-coaching as a technique for developing the workforce and entrepreneurs; Index.
Abstract Why is it that relatively few women achieve senior management positions despite their increasing levels of education and years of work experience? How can we change this? In a changing world where women have dominated as graduates from universities in the West, recent research has shown that the same trend is also strikingly evident in the newly emerging markets. Tapping into this female talent pool is extremely important and advancing women's careers has become a key business issue. This Handbook lays out a number of promising approaches. First the business case for doing so is presented. The.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Vinnicombe, S. Handbook of Research on Promoting Women's Careers. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, ©2013 9780857938954
ISBN9780857938961
ISBN0857938967
ISBN1306053889 (electronic bk.)
ISBN9781306053884 (electronic bk.)
ISBN9780857938954
ISBN0857938959
Standard identifier# 40023127239

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