What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know
ISBN: 9781479814688
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / NYU Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Women -- Employment; Women -- Psychology; Sex role in the work environment;
Law professor Williams (Unbending Gender) and her daughter, Dempsey, a student at Yale Law School, share social psychology resources as well as insights from 127 members of the New Girls' Network, a group of female executives, in order to elucidate four systemic trends that affect women in the workplace. "Prove-It-Again!" means that women must continually demonstrate their competence. "The Tightrope" is the challenge of being perceived as too masculine or too feminine, both of which can engage negative stereotypes. The "Maternal Wall" reflects the competing social roles of employee and mother. The "Tug of War" is the real or perceived hindrance of women in the workplace by one another. The authors effectively explore how gender bias affects women in different generations. Overall, the authors offer a two-pronged message to readers: 1) these issues are not your fault; 2) here's what you can do to counteract the problem. In addition, an NSF-funded study allowed Williams to interview 60 female scientists of color to explore the intersection of gender and racial stereotype and bias. The book offers an accessible and sound model of problems faced by women climbing the corporate ladder, and presents clear strategies to take while waiting for business culture to catch up. Agent: Roger S. Williams, New England Publishing Assoc. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Williams Joan C. :
Joan C. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She has authored eleven books, including White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America and Unbending Gender: Why Work and Family Conflict and What to Do About It.Dempsey Rachel :
Rachel Dempsey is a writer and attorney. Her writing has appeared in publications including the Huffington Post and Psychology Today.Slaughter Anne-Marie :
Anne-Marie Slaughter is the Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. From 2009-2011 she served as Director of Policy Planning for the United States Department of State, the first woman to hold that position. | 
