Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Tell Us How to Combine Work and Family
- ISBN-10
- 1444356674
- ISBN-13
- 9781444356670
- Series
- Women at the Top
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-09-07
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Authors
- Diane F. Halpern, Fanny M. Cheung
Description
Using case studies of top-level women and research in the field, Women at the Top breaks new ground and offers new insight into how women can create dually-successful lives. explores the work histories, motivation, leadership styles, mentors, and family backgrounds of a diverse assortment of top-level women includes the case studies of the President of Old Navy/Gap, the Chairman of Deloitte and Touche, the VP of IBM operations, a Supreme Court Judge in China, President of Legislative Council in Hong Kong, several university presidents, and more weighs the positive effects of multiple roles and positive and negative work-life spill over discusses strategies for success (e.g., scaling back, juggling), the need for social support, and the importance of cultural context
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