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Shattered, cracked, or firmly intact? : women and the executive glass ceiling worldwide / Farida Jalalzai.
By: Jalalzai, Farida [author.]
.Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199333158 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Women executives | Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination) | Sex discriminationAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780199943531DDC classification: 331.481658 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online 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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references.