Women who succeed : strangers in paradise? /: strangers in paradise?. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Susan Durbin.
• Authors: Durbin, Susan
• Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Why a book about senior women?; Methods; Structure of the book; 2 Strangers in Paradise? Women, Work and Management; Introduction; What is 'gender equality'?; Exclusion, segregation and 'choice': Women's relationship with paid work; Women managers: Common ground or different experiences?; How many women does it take?; Achieving critical mass: How many is enough?; The business case for increasing women's representation in management; Targets or quotas? How best to move the gender equality agenda forward?; Chapter summary. 3 Through the Glass Ceiling and Beyond: Getting In/Getting OnIntroduction; Context; Interviewee profile; Working hours and part-time working; Careers: Planned or serendipitous?; Career satisfaction; Challenges; Career progression strategies; Chapter summary; 4 Who Supports Senior Women? The Role of Mentors; Introduction; Mentoring; Formal mentoring schemes; Moving in/moving up: The importance of past mentors to senior women's careers; Current mentoring for women in the private sector; Current mentoring for women in the public sector; The overall benefits of mentoring; Chapter summary. 5 Who Inspires Senior Women? Role ModelsIntroduction; What is a role model?; Role models identified by women in the private sector; Role models identified by women in the public sector; Comparing role models across the private and public sectors; Senior women as role models; Chapter summary; 6 Who Connects with Senior Women? Networking; Introduction; What is networking?; Why is networking important for senior women?; Homophilous and heterophilous networking: 'One of the boys' or 'one of the girls'?; Homophilous women's networks; Homophilous 'old boys' networks'; Senior women and networking. Women's networking in the private sectorWomen's networking in the public sector; The relationship between networking and career progression; Are senior women engaging with and participating in women's networks?; Women's experiences of old boys' networks; Chapter summary; 7 Conclusions and Future Directions; The future; Research implications and recommendations for the future; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 200 pages)
• Subjects: 331.4/81658400941; Business; Women executives -- Great Britain; Women -- Employment -- Great Britain; Discrimination in employment -- Great Britain; Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination) -- Great Britain; Success in business -- Great Britain; Women -- Vocational guidance -- Great Britain; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations; Discrimination in employment; Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination); Success in business; Women -- Employment; Women executives; Women -- Vocational guidance; Business & Economics -- Management; Business & Economics -- Strategic Planning; Business & Economics -- Human Resources & Personnel Management; Business & Economics -- Organizational Behavior; Business & Economics -- Business Ethics; Management & management techniques; Organizational theory & behaviour; Personnel & human resources management; Behavioural economics; Business ethics & social responsibility; Management science; Leadership; Management; Organization; Personnel management; Behavioral economics; Business ethics; Business strategy; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137328267; 1137328266
• Related ISBNs: 9781349580880; 9781137328250; 1137328258
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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