Our Separate Ways
Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity
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2001
Harvard Business Review Press (Verlag)
978-1-57851-277-5 (ISBN)
Harvard Business Review Press (Verlag)
978-1-57851-277-5 (ISBN)
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This is a study of the roles that gender, race and class play in corporate culture, examining the connection between business culture and the advancement of people of colour. The "life history" approach includes interviews with 120 women senior managers.
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.
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.
Ella L. J. Bell Smith is a Professor of Business Administration at the Tuck School of Business. Stella M. Nkomo is a Professor of Business Leadership at the University of South Africa Graduate School of Business Leadership.
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
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.7.2001 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 165 x 243 mm |
| Gewicht | 724 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-57851-277-8 / 1578512778 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-57851-277-5 / 9781578512775 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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