| Description |
ix, 239 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Critical America
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Critical America.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Glass ceilings, floors, and walls. -- Restraints on advancement -- Glass ceilings and floors: the court cases -- Prices of motherhood: stereotyping, work/life issues, and opting out -- In a different register: women in the governance model -- Bully broads, iron maidens, queen bees, and ice queens -- pt. 2. Climbing the corporate ladder: myths and realities. -- Routes to the top: the advice -- The road to the top: the evidence -- The 2005 proxy data -- Women and minorities in organizations: the legacy of tokenism -- pt. 3. Corporate governance and the keeper of the keys to the boardroom. -- Corporate governance in America -- Women, culture, and the U.S. model of corporate governance -- Women in corporate governance: the numbers versus the expectations -- pt. 4. Getting a seat at the boardroom table. -- Paradigm shifts: a tale of three women -- Prescriptions. |
| Subject |
Women executives -- United States.
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Women executives. |
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United States. |
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Career development -- United States.
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Career development. |
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Corporate governance -- United States.
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Corporate governance. |
| ISBN |
0814799736 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780814799734 cloth alkaline paper |
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