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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781326003321

Autore

Campbell Valencia

Titolo

Advice from the top [[electronic resource] ] : what minority women say about their career success / / Valencia Campbell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif., : Praeger Publishers, c2009

ISBN

1-283-13543-4

9786613135438

0-313-35859-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/09082

Soggetti

Minority women executives

Success in business

Career development

Women - Vocational guidance

Success

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-170) and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1: WOMEN'S DEFINITIONS OF CAREER SUCCESS; CHAPTER 2: VIEWS ON CAREER SUCCESS; CHAPTER 3: SUCCESSFUL WOMEN TELL THEIR STORIES; CHAPTER 4: FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR CAREER SUCCESS; CHAPTER 5: OBSTACLES TO MINORITY WOMEN'S CAREER SUCCESS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT THEM; CHAPTER 6: LOOKING AHEAD: SOME CAREER FIELDS THAT NEED MORE MINORITY WOMEN; APPENDIX A: METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX B: ABBREVIATED BIOGRAPHIES OF SUCCESSFUL WOMEN; APPENDIX C: INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; APPENDIX D: MINORITY REPRESENTATION IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE (SES)

APPENDIX E: DESCRIPTIONS OF THE HIGHEST-PAID OCCUPATIONS (FROM THE OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK, 2008-2009)BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Minority women who have made it to the top offer tips and advice to others who wonder what it takes to succeed in careers in both the for-profit and nonprofit worlds.