Book description
Using case studies of top-level women and research in the field,
Women at the Top
breaks new ground and offers new insight into how women can create
dually-successful lives.
- explores the work histories, motivation, leadership styles,
mentors, and family backgrounds of a diverse assortment of top-level women
- includes the case studies of the President of Old Navy/Gap, the
Chairman of Deloitte and Touche, the VP of IBM operations, a Supreme
Court Judge in China, President of Legislative Council in Hong Kong,
several university presidents, and more
- weighs the positive effects of multiple roles and positive and
negative work-life spill over
- discusses strategies for success (e. g., scaling back, juggling),
the need for social support, and the importance of cultural context
Diane F. Halpern
is a past-president of the American Psychological Association, as well
as Professor of Psychology and Director of the Berger Institute for
Work, Family, and Children at Claremont McKenna College. Diane has
published over 350 articles and many books including,
Thought and
Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking
(4th ed.);
Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities
(3rd ed.), a special two-volume edited issue of the American Behavioral
Scientist entitled
Changes at the Intersection of Work and Family
(edited with Heidi R. Riggio, 2006) and
From Work-Family Balance to
Work-Family Interaction: Changing the Metaphor
(edited with Susan Murphy, 2005).
Fanny M. Cheung pioneered the field of gender and women's
studies in Hong Kong by founding the Gender Research Centre at the
Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1985, and is its current Director.
From 1996-1999, she took leave from the University to serve as the
founding Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission, a
statutory body that implements the discrimination legislation in Hong
Kong. She has served as a Delegate to the National Congress of Women
in the People's Republic of China for the past 11 years, and a member
of the Women's Commission of the Hong Kong SAR Government from 2001 to
2006. Cheung is currently Professor of Psychology and Chairperson of
the Department of Psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
