Women at the Top

Powerful Leaders Tell Us How to Combine Work and Family

• Author(s): Diane F. Halpern, Fanny M. Cheung,
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Pages: 320
• ISBN_10: 1444356674
  ISBN_13: 9781444356670
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Psychology / Human Sexuality , Psychology / General ,

Description:... Using case studies of top-level women and research in the field, Women at the Top breaks new ground and offers new insight into how women can create dually-successful lives.

• explores the work histories, motivation, leadership styles, mentors, and family backgrounds of a diverse assortment of top-level women
• includes the case studies of the President of Old Navy/Gap, the Chairman of Deloitte and Touche, the VP of IBM operations, a Supreme Court Judge in China, President of Legislative Council in Hong Kong, several university presidents, and more
• weighs the positive effects of multiple roles and positive and negative work-life spill over
• discusses strategies for success (e.g., scaling back, juggling), the need for social support, and the importance of cultural context