Women at the Top

Using case studies of top-level women and research in the field,
Women at the Top breaks new ground and offers new insight
into how women can create dually-successful lives.

• explores the work histories, motivation, leadership styles,
  mentors, and family backgrounds of a diverse assortment of
  top-level women

• includes the case studies of the President of Old Navy/Gap, the
  Chairman of Deloitte and Touche, the VP of IBM operations, a
  Supreme Court Judge in China, President of Legislative Council in
  Hong Kong, several university presidents, and more

• weighs the positive effects of multiple roles and positive and
  negative work-life spill over

• discusses strategies for success (e.g., scaling back,
  juggling), the need for social support, and the importance of
  cultural context

Auteur

Diane F. Halpern is a past-president of the American
Psychological Association, as well as Professor of Psychology and
Director of the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children at
Claremont McKenna College. Diane has published over 350 articles
and many books including, Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction
to Critical Thinking (4th ed.); Sex Differences in Cognitive
Abilities (3rd ed.), a special two-volume edited issue of the
American Behavioral Scientist entitled Changes at the
Intersection of Work and Family (edited with Heidi R. Riggio,
2006) and From Work-Family Balance to Work-Family Interaction:
Changing the Metaphor (edited with Susan Murphy, 2005).

Fanny M. Cheung pioneered the field of gender and
women's studies in Hong Kong by founding the Gender Research
Centre at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1985, and is its
current Director. From 1996-1999, she took leave from the
University to serve as the founding Chairperson of the Equal
Opportunities Commission, a statutory body that implements the
discrimination legislation in Hong Kong. She has served as a
Delegate to the National Congress of Women in the People's
Republic of China for the past 11 years, and a member of the
Women's Commission of the Hong Kong SAR Government from 2001
to 2006. Cheung is currently Professor of Psychology and
Chairperson of the Department of Psychology at the Chinese
University of Hong Kong.

Résumé
Using case studies of top-level women and research in the field, Women at the Top breaks new ground and offers new insight into how women can create dually-successful lives.

• explores the work histories, motivation, leadership styles, mentors, and family backgrounds of a diverse assortment of top-level women
• includes the case studies of the President of Old Navy/Gap, the Chairman of Deloitte and Touche, the VP of IBM operations, a Supreme Court Judge in China, President of Legislative Council in Hong Kong, several university presidents, and more
• weighs the positive effects of multiple roles and positive and negative work-life spill over
• discusses strategies for success (e.g., scaling back, juggling), the need for social support, and the importance of cultural context

Contenu

Preface vi

Chapter 1 For Women at the Top: How's the Weather up
There? 1

Chapter 2 Learning from Mothers, Mentors, and Others 21

Chapter 3 Saving and Spending Time 47

Chapter 4 Happy Homemaker, Happy Marriage: The Female Executive
Edition 73

Chapter 5 Cherished Children: Tales of Guilt and Pride 106

Chapter 6 Work-Family Spillover: From Conflict to Harmony
131

Chapter 7 Culture Counts: Leading as the World Changes 154

Chapter 8 Leading as Women: Styles, Obstacles, and Perceptions
183

Chapter 9 How to Lead a Dually Successful Life 208

References 231

Appendix: Biography of the Women Leaders 246

Index 278