Black Families in Corporate America
- ISBN-10
- 0761902929
- ISBN-13
- 9780761902928
- Category
- Family & Relationships
- Pages
- 193
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998-03-09
- Publisher
- SAGE
- Author
- Susan D. Toliver
Description
What progress have African-Americans made in corporate America? This book examines the evidence of studies on 200 black corporate managers and their families. Susan Toliver looks at changing gender dynamics within the families of black managers, changes in approaches to parenting, and issues of racial identity within corporations and the professional black community.
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