| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 173 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Road to Senior Management; 1.1 Identity and society: Europe vs. the United States; 1.2 Can women identify with male roles? Influence of father figures; 1.3 Women and the myth of perfection: Family rules and guilt: mothers as targets of frustration; 1.4 Suffocated rivalry among siblings: development of competitiveness and relationships with brothers and sisters; 1.5 Women as the emotional supplier: children and other dependent people |
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1.6 Transition to senior management related to managerial training1.7 Families and organizations: havens of peace or sources of anxiety?; 2 Money as Hidden Dependency in Women; 2.1 Why women make less money than men; 2.2 Basic concepts and hypotheses; 2.3 Upbringing and attitudes towards money; 2.4 Women's value priorities: altruism or selfishness; 2.5 Women and stress in the workplace; 2.6 Final remarks; 3 Dilemmas in Transition to Top Management; 3.1 Intersection between work-life balance and multiple identities; 3.2 Distribution of working time, leisure time and gender differences |
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3.3 Role demarcation in the home3.4 Female and male values and network thinking; 3.5 Career development and access to top jobs; 3.6 Mobility of male and female directors, and glass ceilings; 3.7 Satisfaction at work and perception of professional skills according to gender; 4 Executive Coaching and Empowerment for Women; 4.1 Women in power in organizations: state of the art; 4.2 Executive coaching journey: theory and cases; 4.3 Opening stage: establishing trust; 4.4 Middle stages: commitment and first insights; 4.5 Last stage of coaching: conclusion and evaluation |
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4.6 Organization in the mind and emotional aspects; 4.7 Emotional aspects of organization; 4.8 Six domains of executive coaching; 4.9 Inclusion or exclusion of women for senior executive roles; 4.10 The case of Ana; 4.11 Strategies leading to culture of inclusion in organizations; 5 Future Trends in the Information Society; 5.1 Loneliness or living together; 5.2 Delayed maternity and paternity; 5.3 Career development of women in the banking sector; 5.4 New trends in changing identities; 6 Women in Europe -- The Situation; 6.1 Equality in the EU under the microscope; 6.2 Northern example |
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6.3 Risk involved in quotas; 6.4 Value of women; 6.5 Challenges to be faced; Conclusions; Notes on Methodology; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Changing Female Identities explores the influence of parental figures, the roles that women use as their models, the diverse feelings that arise as a result of family mandates and emotions in relation to cooperation or competition among siblings |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Women employees -- Europe
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Work -- Social aspects -- Europe
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Management: leadership & motivation.
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Personnel & human resources management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Business and Management.
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Women employees
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Work -- Social aspects
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Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230348585 |
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0230348580 |
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