The female leadership paradox : power, performance, and promotion / Mirella Visser

Author:: Visser, Mirella
Published:: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Physical Description:: xii, 158 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword -- PART I -- THE SILK ROAD TO THE TOP -- The Silk Road -- The Frequently Asked Questions -- Leadership Guidelines -- Powerful Frames -- Culture -- No to Power, Yes to Influence -- Pattern of Power, Performance and Promotion -- PART II -- CASES AND STRATEGIES -- Framing and Culture -- Power and Politics -- Career -- Skills -- Networking.

Summary:

"The best-kept secret in corporate life is the vanishing act of women on their way to the top. Despite massive attention to the issue the number of women in top positions remains shockingly low. This book shows what women themselves can do to optimize their careers and how this can bring benefits to the companies and organizations they work for"--

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ISBN:

9780230289208 (hardback)
0230289207 (hardback)

Note:

Includes index.

Source of Acquisition:

Fayette copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2010.

Endowment Note:

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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