Women in Management (eBook, PDF)

Current Research Issues Volume II
Redaktion: Davidson, Marilyn; Burke, Ronald J

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857022233
• Artikelnr.: 38396712

Autorenporträt

Ronald J. Burke is Professor Emeritus of Organization Studies at Schulich School of Business, York University.

Inhaltsangabe

Women in Management - Ronald J Burke and Marilyn J Davidson
Current Research Issues
PART ONE: NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
An Introductory Overview of Women in Corporate Management - Barbara Parker
and Ellen A Fagenson
Gender Cultures - Su Maddock and Di Parkin
How They Affect Men and Women at Work
Managerial Sex Typing - Virginia E Schein
A Persistent and Pervasive Barrier to Women's Opportunities
PART TWO: ISSUES IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Turnover of Female Managers - Jeanne M Brett and Linda K Stroh
Career Development among Managerial and Professional Women - Ronald J Burke
and Carol A McKeen
Career Development in Male and Female Managers - Rob Goffee and Nigel
Nicholson
Convergence or Collapse?
Gender Bias in the Selection and Assessment of Women in Management -
Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe
Women as Managerial Leaders - Margaret Ferrario
PART THREE: GENDER AND RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK
The Social Construction of Relationships among Professional Women at Work -
Robin J Ely
Gender Differences in Communication and Behaviour in Organizations - Susan
Schick Case
Women and Sexual Harassment - Jeanette N Cleveland
Work and Well-Being in US Organizations
Changing Men and Changing Managements - Jeff Hearn
Social Change, Social Research and Social Action
PART FOUR: HOME-WORK CONFLICTS
Work-Family Conflict, Social Support and Well-Being - Jeffrey H Greenhaus
and Saroj Parasuraman
Role Tensions and Dual-Career Couples - Suzan Lewis
Variations in Career and Family Involvement over Time - Mary Dean Lee
Truth and Consequences
PART FIVE: EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMMES
Organizational Initiatives in the USA for Advancing Managerial Women - Mary
C Mattis
Affirmative Action in Australian Organizations - Robin Kramar
Implementing Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Programmes in
Belgium, France and The Netherlands - Monique Chalude, Attie de Jong and
Jacqueline Laufer
Opportunity 2000 - Valerie Hammond
Good Practice in UK Organizations

Rezensionen

`This book is well suited for graduate courses in gender issues, and is a useful literature update for researchers working on gender issues. One of its strengths is its ability to stimulate critical thinking about the underlying structural issues in organizations and society' - Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology '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