Our separate ways : Black and white women and the struggle for professional identity
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Our separate ways : Black and white women and the struggle for professional identity
Harvard Business School Press, c2001
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Available at 5 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-330) and index
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ISBN 9781578512775
Description
This is a study of the roles that gender, race and class play in corporate culture, revealing the trials and triumphs that have brought minority women executives where they are today. It examines the connection between corporate culture and the advancement of people of colour as well as examining the formative experiences - from childhood through early career development - behind today's female executives. By using a "life history" approach which includes interviews with 120 women senior managers, the text presents women's reflections on success as well as demonstrating the often complicated and difficult stories of women coming to terms with racially divided population, trying to succeed in the male-dominated business world and displaying their personal and cultural expectations.
Table of Contents
Prologue Introduction Flashbacks Part I- Flashbacks 1. Lost Childhoods 2. Their Fathers' Daughters 3. Comfortable Families, Uncomfortable Times 4. Executives in Training Part II- Flashpoints 5. Breaking In 6. Fitting In 7. Barriers to Advancement 8. Climbing Over the Barriers 9. Making Change 10. Work Isn't Everything Part III- The Self and Other 11. The Racialized Self 12. Images of Others Epilogue Endnotes
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: pbk ISBN 9781591391890
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'This is a persuasive, insightful and poignant look at the fate of black and white female executives in the U.S.' - "Chicago Tribune". In "Our Separate Ways", the authors take an unflinching look at the surprising differences between black and white women's trials and triumphs on their way up the executive ladder. Based on groundbreaking research that spanned eight years, "Our Separate Ways" compares and contrasts the experiences of 120 black and white female managers in the American business arena. Bell and Nkomo offer fresh insights into how black and white women's struggles differ and present provocative ideas for creating a better workplace environment for everyone. Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell is Leon E. Williams Visiting Professor of Business Administration at The Tuck School, Dartmouth College. Stella M. Nkomo is a Professor of Business Leadership, UNISA Graduate School of Business Leadership, South Africa.
by "Nielsen BookData"