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Author : Sue Vilhauer Rosser
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415945135
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Ann M. Morrison,Randall P. White,Ellen Van Velsor
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0201627027
At a time when women have more tools than ever before to help them break through the glass ceiling, including the government's Glass Ceiling Initiative and the 1991 Civil Rights Act, far too many remain trapped beneath it. Based on the ground-breaking three-year study of female executives that brought the glass ceiling to national attention, this book examines the factors that determine success or derailment in the corporate environment, reveals how the executive environment is different for women, and looks at the new obstacles along the road to the top.Vital reading for every woman in business and for every employer and manager now responsible for the removal of advancement barriers for women, Breaking the Glass Ceiling explodes the long-held myths and provides practical advice on how to smash the glass ceiling.
Author : Eileen M. Collins,Jonathan H. Ward
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781956763003
The long-awaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is telling her story for the first time. Eileen Collins was an aviation pioneer her entire career, from her crowning achievements as the first woman to command an American space mission as well as the first to pilot the space shuttle to her early years as one of the Air Force’s first female pilots. She was in the first class of women to earn pilot’s wings at Vance Air Force Base and was their first female instructor pilot. She was only the second woman pilot admitted to the Air Force’s elite Test Pilot Program at Edwards Air Force Base. NASA had such confidence in her skills as a leader and pilot that she was entrusted to command the first shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster, returning the US to spaceflight after a two-year hiatus. Since retiring from the Air Force and NASA, she has served on numerous corporate boards and is an inspirational speaker about space exploration and leadership. Eileen Collins is among the most recognized and admired women in the world, yet this is the first time she has told her story in a book. It is a story not only of achievement and overcoming obstacles but of profound personal transformation. The shy, quiet child of an alcoholic father and struggling single mother, who grew up in modest circumstances and was an unremarkable student, she had few prospects when she graduated from high school, but she changed her life to pursue her secret dream of becoming an astronaut. She shares her leadership and life lessons throughout the book with the aim of inspiring and passing on her legacy to a new generation.
Author : Manuela da Costa Barreto,Michelle K. Ryan,Michael T. Schmitt
Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSC:32106019879128
Since the term "glass ceiling" was first coined in 1984, women have made great progress in terms of leadership equality with men in the workplace. However, women are still underrepresented in the upper echelons of organizations. This volume explains and offers remedies for this inequality.
Author : Emilie Tosello
Publisher : Fondation Ipsen BookLab
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9782490660209
“Thank you, good-bye...”, Meredith could not answer otherwise when she was told at the other end that she did not get the job she wanted. “Research team leader,” she knows, though, this kind of promotion is hard to get right off the bat. Nevertheless, doubt settles... Is she really up to her ambitions? As the days go by, the eyes of others become more and more heavy. Will she find the strength to dispel prejudices and break the glass ceiling that hangs over her head? ABOUT THE AUTHOR Passionated about manga since childhood Emilie Tosello developed her technique with a Japanese manga teacher in Paris, at AAA-Ecole de Manga. The heroine of Glass ceiling is based upon her own experiences.
Author : Jonathan Gressel
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781421429137
As the world’s population rises to an expected ten billion in the next few generations, the challenges of feeding humanity and maintaining an ecological balance will dramatically increase. Today we rely on just four crops for 80 percent of all consumed calories: wheat, rice, corn, and soybeans. Indeed, reliance on these four crops may also mean we are one global plant disease outbreak away from major famine. In this revolutionary and controversial book, Jonathan Gressel argues that alternative plant crops lack the genetic diversity necessary for wider domestication and that even the Big Four have reached a “genetic glass ceiling”: no matter how much they are bred, there is simply not enough genetic diversity available to significantly improve their agricultural value. Gressel points the way through the glass ceiling by advocating transgenics—a technique where genes from one species are transferred to another. He maintains that with simple safeguards the technique is a safe solution to the genetic glass ceiling conundrum. Analyzing alternative crops—including palm oil, papaya, buckwheat, tef, and sorghum—Gressel demonstrates how gene manipulation could enhance their potential for widespread domestication and reduce our dependency on the Big Four. He also describes a number of ecological benefits that could be derived with the aid of transgenics. A compelling synthesis of ideas from agronomy, medicine, breeding, physiology, population genetics, molecular biology, and biotechnology, Genetic Glass Ceilings presents transgenics as an inevitable and desperately necessary approach to securing and diversifying the world's food supply.
Author : Jerlando F. L. Jackson,Elizabeth M. O'Callaghan,Raul A. Leon
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118956281
This volume offers readers a comprehensive means to understanding glass ceiling effects in higher education. Each chapter approaches the glass ceiling from a different perspective, providing compelling arguments that truly highlight the importance and usefulness of collecting data on this topic. Institutional decision makers will find valuable information to confront the challenge of glass ceiling effects across different institutional environments. Likewise, institutional researchers will find step-by-step protocols to collect and analyze glass ceiling data as well as a variety of rich examples. Readers will not only find this sourcebook useful for institutional planning purposes, but it will also help them truly understand how the glass ceiling impacts women and people of color in higher education.
Author : Lisa Weaver Swartz
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978820012
Stained Glass Ceilings speaks to the intersection of gender and power within American evangelicalism by examining the formation of evangelical leaders in two seminary communities.Southern Baptist Theological Seminary inspires a vision of human flourishing through gender differentiation and male headship. Men practice “Godly Manhood," and are taught to act as the "head" of a family, while their wives are socialized into codes of “Godly Womanhood" that prioritize prescribed gender roles. This power structure privileges men yet offers agency to their wives in women-centered spaces and through marital relationships. Meanwhile, Asbury Theological Seminary promises freedom from gendered hierarchies. Appealing to a story of gender-blind equality, Asbury welcomes women into classrooms, administrative offices, and pulpits. But the institution’s construction of egalitarianism obscures the fact that women are rewarded for adapting to an existing male-centered status quo rather than for developing their own voices as women. Featuring high-profile evangelicals such as Al Mohler and Owen Strachan, along with young seminarians poised to lead the movement in the coming decades, Stained Glass Ceilings illustrates the liabilities of white evangelical toolkits and argues that evangelical culture upholds male-centered structures of power even as it facilitates meaning and identity.
Author : Barbara Palmer,Dennis Simon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135891749
Why has the integration of women into Congress been so slow? Is there a "political glass ceiling" for women? Although women use the same strategic calculations as men to decide when to run, the decision regarding where to run is something else. While redistricting has increasingly protected incumbents, it also has the unintended consequence of shaping the opportunities for female candidates. The political geography and socio-economic profile of districts that elect women differ substantially from districts that elect men. With data on over 10,000 elections and 30,000 candidates from 1916 to the present, Palmer and Simon explore how strategy and the power of incumbency affect women’s decisions to run for office. Breaking the Political Glass Ceiling is the most comprehensive analysis of women in congressional elections available. The Second Edition is fully updated to reflect the pivotal 2006 mid-term elections, including Nancy Pelosi’s rise to Speaker of the House, Hillary Clinton’s bid for the presidency, and a record number of women serving as committee chairs. Additionally, the authors have created a website, found at politicsandwomen.com, to highlight key features of the book and provide updates throughout the election cycle.
Author : Antonio Tintori,Rossella Palomba
Publisher : Ubiquity Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781911529057
Scientists deserve public recognition. The ways that they are depicted, however, are severely limited in physical and personal traits, helping to establish and enhance stereotypes under the general title of ‘scientist’. These stereotypes range from the arrogant researcher who wants to rule the world, to the lab coat wearing ‘nerdy’ genius, but all generally fall to an extreme view of an existing perception of what a scientist should look and be like. For example, the popular image of ‘a scientist’ overlooks the presence of women almost entirely unless attributed to specific subjects and/or with narrow character depictions. The implications can be far-reaching. Young people, being heavily swayed by what they see and hear in the media, may avoid scientific careers because of these limited or unflattering portrayals of the scientific community, regardless of whether they reflect real life. Based on findings from the Light’13 project, this book examines such stereotypes and questions whether it is possible to adjust people’s perception of scientists and to increase interest in science and scientific careers through a series of specific actions and events.
Author : Tanusree Chakraborty,Nandita Mishra,Ashok Natarajan,Bipasha Chatterjee
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000853179
Attempts to eliminate or reduce gender inequality have been made by governments, international organizations, NGOs, policymakers, and private organizations. However, the evidence still shows that the gender gap exists from womb to tomb, from parental treatment to corporate leadership, and even the genders’ psychologically different identity for that matter. The question, however, arises with laws and regulations formed on gender disparity, bills becoming acts, society becoming broader in their outlook, and adopting inclusivity in terms of gender in different spheres: Are we still able to claim that we are addressing gender inequality enough? This volume explores the disparity between genders in terms of the labor market and career advancement, child-rearing practices, education, financial literacy, work-life balance, pay gaps, and economic development, to name a few areas. It focuses on the robust themes of the gender gap from a modern perspective to enhance our understanding of gender inequality in today's world.
Author : Zelda Alice Franceschi,Paola Govoni
Publisher : V&R unipress GmbH
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9783847102632
Following discussions on scientific biography carried out over the past few decades, this book proposes a kaleidoscopic survey of the uses of biography as a tool to understand science and its context. The authors belong to a variety of academic and professional fields, including the history of science, anthropology, literary studies, and science journalism. The period covered spans from 1732, when Laura Bassi was the first woman to get a tenured professorship of physics, to 2009, when Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider were the first women's team to have won a Nobel Prize in science.
Author : Javiera Morales-Reyes,Elizabeth Brady
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781736396230
Penn Statements Volume 41 collects student compositions from the Program in Writing and Rhetoric in the Department of English at The Pennsylvania State University for use in English 15, Rhetoric and Composition courses at Penn State.
Author : Helen Lawton Smith,Colette Henry,Henry Etzkowitz,Alexandra Poulovassilis
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781786438973
Gender, Science and Innovation explores the contemporary challenges facing women scientists in academia and develops effective strategies to improve gender equality. Addressing an important gap in current knowledge, chapters offer a range of international perspectives from diverse contexts, countries and institutional settings. This book is an essential contribution to the literature for academics, researchers and policy makers concerned with improving gender equality in academia and seeking to learn from the experiences of others.
Author : Ann E. Weiss
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761313656
Considers women in the workforce throughout history and the development of a glass ceiling that keeps them from rising to high levels in many corporations.