Women's Careers and Power, What You Need to Know

By Jeffrey Pfeffer
2012 | Case No. OB86
Reviews the literature on women’s careers, career disadvantages and their sources, and women’s reactions to power, negotiations including salary negotiations and competition. The note is intended to be used as background for a discussion of the obstacles confronting women in the workplace, some sources of those obstacles, and what women might consider doing differently to surmount the career challenges they confront. This case is available for purchase from ECCH.
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