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Female Ambition traces the development of women in the workplace, and focuses on a host of critical issues such as current governmental legislation and the family unit, family-responsible companies, personal leadership and the management of time in the workplace and at home. In a comprehensive manner, the book addresses the challenges that women face as they seek to combine careers with a balanced and fulfilling family life. This book also provides practical tips on achieving this goal, and includes numerous real-life examples.
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About the authors
NURIA CHINCHILLA holds a PhD in Management from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain. She is Director of the International Centre of Work and Family, which aims to inform companies, policy-makers in government institutions as well as private institutions about how to successfully create family-friendly work environments.
CONSUELO LÉON is a Researcher at the InternationaI Centre for Work and Family at IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain. She has written extensively on women in the workplace, as well as other related topics. She holds a degree in journalism from the University of Navarra, Spain.
CONSUELO LÉON is a Researcher at the InternationaI Centre for Work and Family at IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain. She has written extensively on women in the workplace, as well as other related topics. She holds a degree in journalism from the University of Navarra, Spain.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Female Ambition
Book Subtitle: How to Reconcile Work and Family
Authors: Nuria Chinchilla, Consuelo León
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230508910
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-9178-2Published: 06 October 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-54326-7Published: 06 October 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-50891-0Published: 06 October 2005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 182
Topics: Human Resource Management, Management, Gender Studies