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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790680303321

Autore

Heppner R

Titolo

The Lost Leaders [[electronic resource] ] : How Corporate America Loses Women Leaders / / by R. Heppner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

1-349-47039-2

1-137-35070-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

658.4092082

Soggetti

Economic sociology

Business ethics

Leadership

Personnel management

Entrepreneurship

Office management

Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology

Business Ethics

Business Strategy/Leadership

Human Resource Management

Office Management

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Insert preliminaries -- Introduction -- Accidental careers -- Colleen roberts -- Judy Samuels -- Joyce Williams -- Nancy Michaels -- Other "lost leaders" -- Corporate america -- The old boys' network -- The acceptable band -- The ideal worker -- Against the law -- The toxic workplace -- Hopes for the future -- Joy in work -- Free agency -- The balancing act -- A paradox of diversity -- A woman president of the United States -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

The Lost Leaders presents the personal stories of women who achieved success in corporate leadership, but have chosen to abandon their careers, providing a fascinating glimpse of the culture that exists in the



contemporary corporation.