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Autore |
Halpern Diane F |
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Titolo |
Women at the top [[electronic resource] ] : powerful leaders tell us how to combine work and family / / Diane F. Halpern and Fanny M. Cheung |
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Chichester, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-00773-4 |
9786612007736 |
1-4443-0521-2 |
1-4443-0522-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (306 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Work and family |
Women executives - Family relationships |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-245) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: For Women at the Top: How's the Weather up There?; Chapter 2: Learning from Mothers, Mentors, and Others; Chapter 3: Saving and Spending Time; Chapter 4: Happy Homemaker, Happy Marriage: The Female Executive Edition; Chapter 5: Cherished Children: Tales of Guilt and Pride; Chapter 6: Work-Family Spillover: From Conflict to Harmony; Chapter 7: Culture Counts: Leading as the World Changes; Chapter 8: Leading as Women: Styles, Obstacles, and Perceptions; Chapter 9: How to Lead a Dually Successful Life; References; Appendix: Biography of the Women Leaders; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 womenincludes 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 |
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moreweighs the positive effects o |
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