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Women in Management
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Women in Management
Current Research Issues Volume II

First Edition
Edited by:


January 2000 | 320 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Praise for the First Volume:

`This is a really important book for anyone who wants to find research references on equal opportunities for women in management' - Management in Education

`I commend this book to managers of both sexes in the public and private sectors. There is much to stimulate effective action. Hopefully researchers will also heed the call for further studies' - Women in Management Review

`I must first of all commend this volume as a very useful resource for women who are actually grappling with being managers, and for researchers in the field' - International Review of Women and Leadership

The second volume of the successful Women in Management: Current Ressearch Issues provides an up-to-date review of findings pertaining to women in management, reflecting recent global changes.

An international group of contributors examines a broad range of contemporary issues facing women in management, as well as the individual, organizational and governmental consequences of these changes. Key topics covered include: global perspectives on women in busines career development issues including discussions of highflyers, networking and leadership; race and gender; the future of the glass ceiling; the increasingly popular 'management of diversity' approach; masculinity of management issues; future organizational and governmental initiatives on women in management.

Marilyn J Davidson and Ronald J Burke
Women in Management
Current Research Issues II

 
 
PART ONE: WOMEN MANAGERS AND ENTREPRENEURS: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Susan Vinnicombe
The Position of Women in Management in Europe
Jacqueline Laufer
French Women Managers
A Search for Equality but Enduring Differences

 
Judy McGregor and David Tweed
Women Managers and Business Owners in New Zealand
Mary C Mattis
Women Entrepreneurs in the United States
Astrid M Richardsen and Ronald J Burke
Women Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners in Norway and Canada
 
PART TWO: CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND HIGH FLIERS
Cheryl Travers and Carole Pemberton
Think Career Global, but Act Local
Understanding Networking as a Culturally Differentiated Career Skill

 
Linda K Stroh, Arup Varma and Stacey J Valy
Women and Expatriation
Revisiting Alder's Findings

 
Claartje J Vinkenburg, Paul G W Jansen and Paul L Koopman
Feminine Leadership
A Review of Gender Differences in Managerial Behaviour and Effectiveness

 
Diana Bilimoria and Jane V Wheeler
Women Corporate Directors
Current Research and Future Directions

 
Barbara White
Lessons from the Careers of Successful Women
 
PART THREE: OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND BLACK AND ETHNIC MINORITY ISSUES
Debra L Nelson and Ronald J Burke
Women, Work Stress and Health
Sandra L Fielden and Marilyn J Davidson
Stress and the Unemployed Woman Manager
A Comparative Approach

 
Ella Bell and Stella Nkomo
Refracted Lives
Sources of Discrimination between Black and White Women

 
Reena Bhavnani and Angela Coyle
Black and Minority Ethnic Women Managers in the UK
Continuity or Change?

 
 
PART FOUR: THE FUTURE: ORGANIZATIONAL AND GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES
Gary N Powell
The Glass Ceiling
Explaining the Good and Bad News

 
Catherine Cassell
The Business Case and the Management of Diversity
David L Collinson and Jeff Hearn
Critical Studies on Men, Masculinities and Managements
Andrew Hede
Affirmative Action in Australia
Employment Equity at the Crossroads

 
Cary L Cooper
Towards Short-Term Contract Cultures
The Future Impact on Women in Management

 

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