How Women Can Make It Work: The Science of Success

How Women Can Make It Work: The Science of Success

How Women Can Make It Work: The Science of Success

How Women Can Make It Work: The Science of Success

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Overview

Condensing and interpreting an enormous body of social science research, this book helps young women survive and thrive in their careers.

In a recent survey, working women in the millennial generation (aged from 22 to 35) reported persistent concerns of gender bias in the form of inequitable pay scales, corporate cultures that favor men, stereotypes, few women among the top echelons of the organization, and barriers to balancing work and family. Clearly, women continue to face significant obstacles to success in the workplace despite the progress that has occurred in recent decades.

How Women Can Make It Work: The Science of Success will help Gen-X, Y, and Z women who are recent high school or college grads, in their first or second job, or new moms weighing decisions about working achieve success and satisfaction in their careers. The information in this book is also invaluable for managers and counselors who work with young women and want to understand the issues they may be facing.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313393099
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 05/03/2011
Series: Women and Careers in Management Series
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Eden King, PhD, is assistant professor of organizational psychology at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

Jennifer Knight, PhD, received her degree in organizational psychology from Rice University, Houston, TX.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword xiii

Introduction xv

Section 1 How to Make It Work When Finding the Job: Moving beyond the Want Ads 1

Chapter 1 Who Are You? Who‐Who‐Who‐Who? Understanding What You Bring to the Table in the Workplace 7

Chapter 2 What Would You Do If You Had a Million Dollars and Didn't Have to Work? Deciding What You Want to Be When You Grow Up 15

Chapter 3 Finding a Company That Fits Just Right 21

Chapter 4 Preparing a Picture Perfect (but Not Pink) Application Package 29

Chapter 5 Nail It: How to Rock Your Interview 37

Chapter 6 Math Class Is Tough: Overcoming Stereotypes and Biases during the Selection Process 49

Chapter 7 Compensation and Negotiation: Getting What You Are Entitled To 55

Chapter 8 It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times: How Female Workers and Entrepreneurs Can Survive and Thrive in Tough Times 61

Section 2 How to Make It Work When Navigating Interpersonal Relationships: Why the People Make the Place 67

Chapter 9 Dipping Your Pen in the Company Ink: The Pleasures and Perils of Dating on the Job 71

Chapter 10 Mean Girls at Work: Coping with “Queen Bees” 75

Chapter 11 The Gray to Green Shift: Understanding Older Workers and Helping Them to Understand You 79

Chapter 12 Networking: It's More Than an Internet Connection 85

Chapter 13 Subtle, Yet Significant: Contemporary Forms of Sexism in Interpersonal Interactions 91

Chapter 14 Let's Talk about Sex … ual Harassment: Your Rights and How to Use Them 99

Chapter 15 Heroes and She‐roses: The Powerful Role of Mentoring in Organizations 105

Section 3 How to Make It Work While Communicating on the Job: Speaking Up and Standing Out 113

Chapter 16 “Men Are from Earth, Women Are from Earth. Deal with It”: Gendered Verbal and Nonverbal Communication at Work 117

Chapter 17 R U gr8 @ e‐comm? ;‐) The Growing Role of E‐Communication in the Workplace 127

Chapter 18 “You Know You Love Me, X.O.X.O. Gossip Girl”: The Pros and Cons of Sharing Dirt at Work 135

Chapter 19 How Dressing for Success Can Show Finesse or Create Duress: What Your Clothing Communicates on the Job 141

Chapter 20 Put Me in Coach, I'm Ready to Play: Sports Metaphors at Work 147

Chapter 21 What Do Women Want?: A Glimpse into Men's Perspectives of Interactions with Women 151

Chapter 22 Room with a Cue: How Your Cubicle Reveals More about You Than You Might Think 155

Section 4 How to Make It Work While Advancing in the Job: Getting Beyond the Glass Ceiling, the Glass Cliff, and the Sticky Floor 159

Chapter 23 Gotta Get Better to Get Ahead: Making the Most of Feedback 163

Chapter 24 Learning to Fly: Making Work Assignments Developmental 171

Chapter 25 Moving on Up: How Women Become Leaders 177

Chapter 26 View from the Top: Living the Leader Life 183

Chapter 27 It's about Time: Incorporating Time Management and Planning Practices into Your Workday 189

Chapter 28 “I Got 99 Problems”: Dealing with Stress on the Job 197

Section 5 How to Make It Work While Balancing Work and Family: The Grand Canyon or a Line in the Sand? 203

Chapter 29 What's in a Name? The Decision among Married Working Women to Change or Keep Their Names 207

Chapter 30 Waddle It Up, Women! Balancing Pregnancy and Work 211

Chapter 31 Can Work and Family Be Like Peas and Carrots? 221

Chapter 32 She's Nice, but Incompetent: Misperceptions of Moms and How to Correct Them 229

Chapter 33 Nowhere Near PB and J, but Still the Sandwich Generation: Balancing Child and Elder Care 235

Chapter 34 On the Road Again: The Hidden (and Not So Hidden) Costs of Commuting 239

Chapter 35 Leaving on a Jet Plane: Navigating the Ups and Downs of Working Abroad as Women 243

Section 6 How Women of All Stripes Can Make It Work: Special Issues for Subgroups 251

Chapter 36 Perfectly Capable: Workplace Considerations of Women with Disabilities 253

Chapter 37 Minority Report: Workplace Considerations of African American, Hispanic, and Asian Women 259

Chapter 38 Coming Out and Standing Up: Workplace Considerations of Lesbians and Bisexual Women 265

Chapter 39 All the Single Ladies: Workplace Considerations of Single Moms 271

Chapter 40 We All Need Somebody to Lean On: How Allies Can Support Each Other 275

Conclusion: What's the Bottom Line about How to Make It Work? What You Can Take with You 279

Notes 283

Index 325

What People are Saying About This

Victoria Brescoll

"How Women Can Make it Work is a knowledge-packed yet practical (and fun) guide for working women. King and Knight artfully condense all of the most up-to-date social science research into useful tips for how young women can thrive into today's workplace."

Rebecca Traister

"King and Knight perform an incisive examination of contemporary gender politics at work in their guide for women entering and navigating their way through a professional world in which more doors than ever stand open, but are all too often hung on creaky, rusted hinges. Even at a time in which opportunities for women abound, women enter workplaces and encounter gender based resistance and a myriad of challenges. From job applications to office communication to cubicle decoration to child and elder-care and the politics of changing your name, King and Knight have covered it all, offering an impressive compendium of information and analysis that clarifies and corrects misperceptions about working women, and offers crucial advice on how to get beyond the frustrating challenges still placed before us on the road to professional parity."

Selena Rezvani

"If you're a woman intent on moving up at work, read How Women Can Make it Work. This strategy-packed, deeply insightful book empowers young women to navigate the workplace terrain with savvy. Frank, funny, and most of all reliable."

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