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Title The glass ceiling in the 21st century : understanding barriers to gender equality / edited by Manuela Barreto, Michelle K. Ryan, and Michael T. Schmitt.

Imprint Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  331.4133 G463 2009    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xvii, 334 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Series Psychology of women book series
Psychology of women book series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Introduction: Is the glass ceiling still relevant in the 21st century? / Manuela Barreto, Michelle K. Ryan, and Michael T. Schmitt -- I: Developments in workplace gender equality. Stereotypes about women, men, and leaders: Have times changed? / Alice H. Eagly and Sabine Sczesny -- Rose-colored glasses: how tokenism and comparisons with the past reduce the visibility of gender inequality / Michael T. Schmitt, Jennifer R. Spoor, Kelly Danaher, and Nyla R. Branscombe -- Warmth, competence, and ambivalent sexism: vertical assault and collateral damage / Mina Cikara and Susan T. Fiske -- II: Responses to subtle barriers women face. The self-fulfilling effects of contemporary sexism: how it affects women's well-being and behavior / Manuela Barreto, Naomi Ellemers, Sezgin Cihangir, and Katherine Stroebe -- The effects of gender stereotypes on women's career choice: opening the glass door / Shen Zhang, Toni Schmader, and Chad Forbes -- III: Gendered experience in the workplace. The stress of working on the edge: implications of glass cliffs for both women and organizations / Michelle K. Ryan, S. Alexander Haslam, Mette D. Hersby, Clara Kulich, and M. Dana Wilson-Kovacs -- Sexual harassment and the glass ceiling / Margaret S. Stockdale and Gargi Bhattacharya -- Ceilings and walls: work-life and "family-friendly" policies / Laura Sabattini and Faye J. Crosby -- IV: Solutions: advancing women's equality in the workplace. Cross-cultural connections: leveraging social networks for women's advancement / Laurie Hunt, Gina LaRoche, Stacy Blake-Beard, Eleanor Chin, Marisol Arroyave, and Maureen Scully -- Increasing the representation and status of women in employment: the effectiveness of affirmative action / Aarti Iyer -- Managing diversity in work groups: how identity processes affect diverse work groups / Floor Rink and Naomi Ellemers.
Subject Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination)
Sex discrimination in employment.
Women executives -- Promotions.
Added Author Barreto, Manuela da Costa.
Ryan, Michelle K.
Schmitt, Michael T.
Added Title Glass ceiling in the twenty-first century
ISBN 1433804093
9781433804090

 
    
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