How Women Can Make It Work: The Science of Success

350 Pages·2011·1.31 MB·English

by  Eden B. King, Jennifer L. Knight

How Women Can Make It Work
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How Women
Can Make It Work
THE SCIENCE OF SUCCESS
Eden King and Jennifer Knight
Womenand Careersin Management
Michele A. Paludi, Series Editor
Copyright2011byEdenKingandJenniferKnight
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Contents
Series Foreword,xiii
Introduction,xv
SECTION ONE
HowtoMake It WorkWhen Findingthe Job:Movingbeyond
the WantAds,1
CHAPTER 1
WhoAre You?Who-Who-Who-Who?UnderstandingWhat
YouBring totheTableinthe Workplace,7
CHAPTER 2
What Would YouDo If You Hada MillionDollars andDidn’t
HavetoWork?DecidingWhat YouWanttoBeWhen
YouGrow Up,15
CHAPTER 3
FindingaCompanyThat FitsJust Right,21
CHAPTER 4
Preparinga PicturePerfect(butNot Pink)ApplicationPackage, 29
CHAPTER 5
Nail It:How toRock Your Interview,37
CHAPTER 6
Math ClassIs Tough: OvercomingStereotypesand Biases
duringtheSelection Process,49
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CHAPTER 7
CompensationandNegotiation:GettingWhatYouAre EntitledTo,55
CHAPTER 8
ItWas the Best ofTimes,It Was theWorst ofTimes: How Female
WorkersandEntrepreneursCanSurviveandThriveinToughTimes,61
SECTION TWO
How toMakeIt Work WhenNavigatingInterpersonalRelationships:
WhythePeopleMake thePlace, 67
CHAPTER 9
DippingYourPen inthe Company Ink:ThePleasures andPerils
ofDatingontheJob,71
CHAPTER 10
MeanGirlsat Work:Copingwith“Queen Bees,” 75
CHAPTER 11
TheGray toGreenShift: UnderstandingOlder Workers
andHelping ThemtoUnderstandYou, 79
CHAPTER 12
Networking:It’s MoreThanan InternetConnection,85
CHAPTER 13
Subtle,Yet Significant:Contemporary FormsofSexism
inInterpersonalInteractions, 91
CHAPTER 14
Let’s Talk aboutSex...ualHarassment: Your Rights
andHow toUse Them,99
CHAPTER 15
HeroesandShe-roes: ThePowerful Role ofMentoring
inOrganizations,105
SECTION THREE
How toMakeIt Work WhileCommunicatingon theJob:
SpeakingUpand StandingOut,113
Contents ix
CHAPTER 16
“Men Arefrom Earth,Women Arefrom Earth.Deal withIt”:
GenderedVerbaland Nonverbal Communicationat Work,117
CHAPTER 17
RU gr8@ e-comm?;-)The GrowingRole ofE-Communication
inthe Workplace, 127
CHAPTER 18
“YouKnow YouLoveMe, X.O.X.O.GossipGirl”: The Pros
and ConsofSharing Dirtat Work,135
CHAPTER 19
How Dressingfor SuccessCan ShowFinesse orCreate Duress:
What Your ClothingCommunicatesonthe Job,141
CHAPTER 20
Put MeinCoach,I’m Ready toPlay:SportsMetaphors
at Work,147
CHAPTER 21
What DoWomenWant?: AGlimpse intoMen’s Perspectives
ofInteractionswithWomen,151
CHAPTER 22
Roomwitha Cue:How Your CubicleReveals Moreabout You
ThanYouMightThink,155
SECTION FOUR
HowtoMake It WorkWhile AdvancingintheJob:GettingBeyond
the GlassCeiling, theGlass Cliff, and theSticky Floor, 159
CHAPTER 23
Gotta GetBetter toGet Ahead:Makingthe MostofFeedback, 163
CHAPTER 24
LearningtoFly:MakingWork AssignmentsDevelopmental,171
CHAPTER 25
Moving onUp: How WomenBecome Leaders,177