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Shattered, cracked or firmly intact? : women and the executive glass ceiling worldwide /

In the past 50 years, fewer than eighty women worldwide have attained the office of prime minister or president. In 2010 women held just seventeen of the world's 252 executive posts - slightly less than seven percent. In 'Shattered, Cracked, or Firmly Intact?', Farida Jalalzai explore...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jalalzai, Farida
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Women executives.
Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination)
Sex discrimination.
Plafond de verre (Discrimination dans l'emploi)
Discrimination sexuelle.
sex discrimination.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Sex discrimination
Women executives
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In the past 50 years, fewer than eighty women worldwide have attained the office of prime minister or president. In 2010 women held just seventeen of the world's 252 executive posts - slightly less than seven percent. In 'Shattered, Cracked, or Firmly Intact?', Farida Jalalzai explores the patterns of women executive's paths, powers, and potential impacts, examining the global and national mechanisms that prevent women from attaining executive office.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 305 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-292) and index.
ISBN:9780199943555
0199943559
0199333157
9780199333158