| Description |
xiv, 381 pages : illustrations cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Race, gender, class and management : an introduction -- Management and leadership -- Evolution of leadership and contemporary approaches -- Feminism and management -- Organic and mechanistic structures and proposed feminist organization -- 2. Women and racial and ethnic minorities in management : overcoming challenges -- Overview of post World War II progress of women and minorities in management -- Progress of women and minorities in top management -- Women and minorities on corporate boards -- Challenges to aspiring top executive women -- Challenges to women of color who wish to be top managers -- Characteristics of executive women of various races and ethnicities -- Factors that help managerial women and minorities at the top : organizational actions -- Organizational actions to achieve top position -- Actions individuals can take to achieve top positions -- |
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3. Equal employment opportunity and harassment / Margaret Foegen Karsten, Frank P. Igou -- Importance of an understanding of EEO laws -- Equal Pay Act -- Comparable worth and pay equity : explanation and pros and cons -- Possible explanations for pay disparities based on gender, race, and ethnicity -- State and proposed federal pay equity legislation : present and future -- Discrimination : a definition -- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Sexual harassment : historical examples, evolution, pervasiveness, and complaints -- Illegal harassment : definition and nature of the problem -- First U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with sexual harassment : Meritor v. Vinson -- Employer liability ; Faragher and Ellerth -- Third party sexual harassment and paramour preference -- Costs of sexual harassment -- Sexual harassment prevention : actions of organization and individuals -- When workplace romance sours : the link to sexual harassment -- Sex-based, transgender, and racial hostile environment harassment -- Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 -- Civil Rights Act of 1991 -- Proposed federal legislation to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation -- Executive Order 11246 and affirmative action -- EEO incidents -- |
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4. Diversity management : from melting pot to mosaic -- Diversity management : definitions -- Reasons for diversity management -- Potential benefits -- Potential drawbacks -- Context-dependent results of diversity management -- Diversity management theories and models -- Phases of diversity management initiatives -- Cast study : Alma Reynoso and Lyndall Imports / Consuelo S. Fernandez -- 5. Stereotyping and its impact on perceptions of leadership -- Stereotype : a definition -- Why are stereotypes used? -- Stereotyping research : emphasis on dominant group -- Features of stereotypes -- Selected stereotypes based on race and ethnicity -- Gender stereotypes -- Real gender differences or stereotypes : the role of social context -- Why does the stereotypical notion associating management with masculinity persist? -- Negative consequences of stereotyping on individuals and organizations -- Elimination of stereotypes -- Reducing harmful influence of stereotyping : organizational response -- |
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6. Gender and race-based socialization processes / Joan E. Riedle -- Socialization processes : an overview -- Gender-based socialization processes -- Contextual factors -- The meaning of "difference" -- Gender role socialization and work -- Racial socialization processes -- Media as socializing agents -- Discrimination, socialization, and power -- 7. Power, politics, assertiveness, and tokenism -- Power, influence,and power sources -- Finite or infinite power and organizational structure -- Politics and influence in organizations -- Assertive communication -- The scripting technique -- Assertive behavior : the consequences -- Situations in which assertive behavior should be use -- Power and communication -- Powerful spoken, written, and nonverbal communication -- Tokenism -- Bureaucratic powerlessness -- Empowerment -- |
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8. Career planning : a model for a diverse workforce -- Definitions and early career models -- A need for a new career model for a diverse workforce -- Impact of environmental and personal factors on career preparation and entry -- Career preparation : enhancing self-knowledge -- Career preparation : gathering occupational information -- Career entry and progress -- Reassessment and career change -- 9. Mentoring and networking processes -- The mentoring process : an introduction -- Types of mentoring -- Obtaining a mentor -- Mentoring functions by gender and race -- Who are mentors and proteges? -- Other diverse mentoring relationships -- Phases in mentoring relationships -- Pros and cons of mentoring to proteges and mentors -- Outcomes of mentoring -- Multiple mentors -- Negative mentoring -- Alternatives to one-to-one, face-to-face mentoring -- Why is networking important? -- Differences in informal networks and their benefits by gender and race -- Cultural differences and informal networking -- Networking in practice : misconceptions -- Primer on networking mechanics and suggestions for individuals -- Improving networking effectiveness for women and minorities : recommendations for organizations -- Networking incidents -- |
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10. Work/life integration -- Work and personal life : synopsis of organizational concern -- Reasons for the growth of work life initiatives -- Gender and responsibility for domestic and child care duties -- Work/family balance vs. work/life integration -- Work/life integration : experiences of racial and ethnic minorities -- Work/life integration : categorization of benefits -- Contextual factors affecting outcomes of work life initiatives -- Implementation of work life initiatives -- Positive consequences of work life initiatives to employers -- Remaining employer concerns about work life initiatives -- Case study : trouble at TMC? / Mark S. Hamel -- 11. Stress and managerial women and minorities -- Cost and prevalence of workplace stress -- Stress : a definition -- A generic stress model -- Stressors -- Work life interface -- Moderating factors -- Consequences of stress -- Coping mechanisms -- Organizational coping : stress management interventions. |
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Discrimination in employment -- United States.
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Women executives -- United States.
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Sex role in the work environment -- United States.
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Minorities -- Employment -- United States.
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Diversity in the workplace -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0761832750 paper alkaline paper |
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9780761832751 paper alkaline paper |
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