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Subject(s)

• Women executives—United States [Browse]
• Career development—United States [Browse]
• Corporate governance—United States [Browse]

Series

Critical America. [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-231) and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. Glass ceilings, floors, and walls
• 1. Restraints on advancement
• 2. Glass ceilings and floors : the court cases
• 3. Prices of motherhood : stereotyping, work/life issues, and opting out
• 4. In a different register : women in the governance model
• 5. Bully broads, iron maidens, queen bees, and ice queens
• Pt. II. Climbing the corporate ladder : myths and realities
• 6. Routes to the top : the advice
• 7. The road to the top : the evidence
• 8. The 2005 proxy data
• 9. Women and minorities in organizations : the legacy of Tokenism
• Pt. III. Corporate governance and the keeper of the keys to the boardroom
• 10. Corporate governance in America
• 11. Women, culture, and the U.S. model of corporate governance
• 12. Women in corporate governance : the numbers versus the expectations
• Pt. IV. Getting a seat at the boardroom table
• 13. Paradigm shifts : a tale of three women
• 14. Prescriptions
• App. A. Fortune 500 corporations with no women directors
• App. B. Fortune 500 corporations with a single woman director.

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ISBN

• 0814799736 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780814799734 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006018398

OCLC

70129057

International Article Number

• 9780814799734

RCP

C - S

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