Product Description: This book documents the progress that managerial and professional women have made in advancing their careers, and the challenges and opportunities that remain. In the context of increasing numbers of women entering the workplace and indeed pursuing professional and managerial careers, it examines why so few women occupy the top positions in corporations...read more

The human resources (HR) field is in a time of format and self-reflection. This significant text directly addresses the reasons why human resource management has not received its due. It asks: What can be done about this?  Why is it critical to continued organizational performance and innovation?  What are its benefits? The authors review the most current thinking on HR initiatives associated with organizational performance and investigate how the field will need to mobilize in new ways to meet the demand of this period of time. With contributions from key thinkers, this is one of the most important books on HRM available.

Product Description: There has been a dramatic increase in the number of women who have entered the workplace in both developed and developing countries. One contributing factor is the increasing education women have pursued, coupled with increasing numbers of women undertaking professional studies (business, law, engineering)...read more

Product Description: This book looks at the requirements for effective corporate leadership in the new world of work. Identifies the key challenges and opportunities facing corporate leaders today. Looks at the requirements for effective corporate leadership at a time when the world of work is changing dramatically...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This text presents research findings on the antecedents and consequences of workaholism, why we should be concerned about it and how we can reduce both its prevalence and costs.

Product Description: Containing fourteen chapters by a well-known team of contributors from North America and Europe, this text focuses on the changing conditions of work today and the challenges these pose for workers. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

An edited volume that takes a more practical look at the area of women in management, indicating the initiatives that leading edge organizations have implemented to support the career advancement of managerial and professional women. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The Organization in Crisis brings together a team of leading international researchers and practitioners to examine key issues associated with organizational change and suggest how such changes can be better managed in the future. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Both the practitioner and academic communities have voiced strong opinions regarding the progress of women in reaching the executive suite and the corporate boardroom. Proponents on each side of the current debate offer evidence suggesting the accuracy of their respective positions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Following on from the successful Women in Management: Current Research Issues, this volume provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of current international research findings pertaining to women in management, reflecting recent global changes and issues...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Following on from the successful Women in Management: Current Research Issues, this volume provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of current international research findings pertaining to women in management, reflecting recent global changes and issues...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)