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CAREER PATTERNS AND POLICIES OF FEMALE LEADERS IN CHINA IBD

SPRINGER
07 / 2021
9789811630842
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Sinopsis

China?s late Chairman Mao Zedong once said 'Women hold up half the world', but in several respects the full emancipation of women still remains a global challenge. This book, based on extensive empirical studies on Chinese female leaders in different fields, develops a 'female professional status attainment theory'. It summarizes the conditions for Chinese women to become leaders in various professions as the following: increased human, economic and social capital, gender equality awareness, gender-friendly environment, and improved work-life-balance. The book also proposes supporting policies for the development of high-level female talents female leaders in three different sectors: women in politics, in professional fields, and in enterprise management. With the comprehensive perspectives of female leaders? development that addresses women?s unique needs in organizations, this book is a good choice for researchers and readers who are interested in China?s top-level talent development, gender equality and women?s professional attainment.