Women and Management: An Annotated Bibliography

• All titles are available in the Baddour Library

Adler, Nancy J. and Dafna N. Izraeli. Competitive Frontiers: Women Managers in a Global Economy. Cambridge, Mass: Blackwell, 1994.

• A global approach to management focusing on women executives in senior 
  management positions throughout the world.

Driscoll, Dawn-Marie and Carol R. Goldberg. Members of the Club: The Coming of Age of the Executive Woman. New York: Macmillan, 1993.

• As role models for todays women, the authors give powerful advice on how to climb the corporate ladder and open doors that have been previously closed to women. As one of the first women to achieve success as leaders, the authors advocate the value that women have in business.

Fagensen, Ellen A. Women in Management: Trends, Issues, Challenges, in
Managerial Diversity. London: Sage Publications, 1993.

• Historical and global comparison of women in management. Stress and the 
  woman manager, legal and political practices, and feminist practices in 
  management are some of the issues discussed.

Harriman, Ann. Women/men/management. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 1996.

• Discusses the prevalent issue of sex discrimination that women managers often face in a still predominately male work environment. 

Heim, Pat. & Susan K. Golant. Hardball for Women: Winning at the Game of Business. New York: Plume, 1993.

• In the game of business women must use their power and potential to gain 
  entrance into the male-dominated corporate world. Helpful hints on how to gain power and use it effectively; how to be a leader; how to be a team player, setting goals and staying focused.

Helgesen, Sally. The Female Advantage. New York: Doubleday, 1990.

• The author espoused the belief that women do not need to be more like men in order to succeed in business. From their own experiences and values, they bring their own understanding of what leadership is. Women and men need to work together to make the work environment more harmonious.

Hunsaker, Johanna. Strategies and Skills for Managerial Women. Cincinatti: South-Western Publishing Co; 1991.

• Practical and applicable advice for women managers. Career development plans, stress management and self management techniques, communication skills, power and politics, delegating and working effectively within groups, dealing with difficult employees, hiring and firing are among the many topics discussed.

Karsten, Margaret Foegen. Management and Gender: Issues and Attitudes. Westport, Ct: Praeger, 1994.

• Discussion of issues that concern women in the workplace; including gender 
  stereotyping , sexual harassment, career planning, balancing career and personal life, and time management. Case studies and reference lists are included.

Kolb, Deborah M. & Jean M. Bartunek. Hiddden Conflict in Organizations. London: Sage Publications, 1992. 

• This book is the result of the authors participation in a symposium at the 
  Academy of Management Meeting. Their conclusions are from a feminist
  perspective. The conflicts described in the book are those that occur privately and behind the scenes in organizations.

Mackoff, Barbara. What Mona Lisa Knew. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1990.

• The author suggests that a little bit of humor and exercising grace under pressure can be more effective in the business world. She believes that humor relieves stress and helps to build rapport and feedback.

Moore, Dorothy P. & E. Holly Butner. Women Entrepreneurs: Moving Beyond the Glass Ceiling. London: Sage Publications, 1997.

• Women-owned businesses make up the fastest growing portion of entrepreneurial businesses. Interviews conducted with 129 female entrepreneurs and a follow up survey of successful women who made it in the corporate world and then suddenly left.

Nichols, Nancy A. Reach for the Top: Women and the Changing Facts of Work Life.
Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review, 1994.

• The author has collected articles from the Harvard Business Review that best represent the role of the executive women in the workplace. Included are management styles of men and women, balancing home and career, harassment issues; how to make it in a still very traditionally male dominated business world.

Powell, Gary N. Women & Men in Management. London: Sage Publications, 1993.

• The author firmly believes that sexism is still socially acceptable and is the reason why women still account for about 5% of the executive force in business. Prejudice is the biggest barrier to the advancement of women.

Sekaran, Uma & Frederick T.L. Leong. Womanpower: Managing in Times of Demographic Turbulence. Newbury Park: Sage Publications, 1992.

• The author was a former Chair-Elect to the Women in Management Division of The Academy of Management. This book is recommended as a text for the study of women and work as well as for scholars who are interested in the subject. As more and more women enter the workforce and as demographics change, so should the prevailing attitudes about the value of women in the workplace and the contributions that they make.

Wajcman, Judy. Managing Like a Man: Women and Men in Corporate Management.
University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998.

• The author asserts that men often exclude women from top management
  positions. Rather than trying to adopt the management techniques of their male counterparts, women should rely more on their own sense of feminine values which prove to be an asset in the business world. 

Willen, Sharon Lamhut. The New Woman Manager. Lower Lake, CA: Aslan Publishing, 1993.

• Helpful hints for the woman manager including such topics as gaining respect, handling difficult personalities and situations, and improving productivity.

   

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