Successful professional women of the Americas from polar winds to tropical breezes
This accessible and original book relates the fascinating story of successful women across the Americas: women who are managers, business owners, university professors and administrators, doctors, lawyers and government ministers
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, U.K
Edward Elgar
c2006
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This accessible and original book relates the fascinating story of successful women across the Americas: women who are managers, business owners, university professors and administrators, doctors, lawyers and government ministers 1. From polar winds to tropical breezes : the evolution of the Successful Women project -- 2. Successful women professionals in the Americas : theoretical perspectives and empirical findings -- 3. Culture and personal characteristics for professional success -- 4. Beginning the research in a tropical breeze -- 5. Personality, management/leadership styles and views on great leadership -- 6. What the successful women said about professional and life experiences : barriers, social support and mentors -- 7. Successful women in the polar winds of Canada -- 8. Successful women of the United States of America -- 9. Successful professional women in Mexico -- 10. Successful women : a vision of Brazil -- 11. Argentina : returning to its glorious past -- 12. The successful women of Chile -- 13. The big picture from polar winds to tropical breezes |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 284 p ill., maps |
| ISBN: | 9781845424374 9781847201799 1845424379 |