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Author Venter, Katharine.

Title Common careers, different experiences : women managers in Hong Kong and Britain / Katharine Venter
Published Hong Kong : Hong Kong Universith Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 245 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: lives and careers of women managers in Hong Kong and Britain -- From traditionalism to progress: a convergence of experience? -- Culture and work-related values: the context of women managers' careers -- The workplace domain of women managers in Hong Kong and Britain -- Case studies, part 1: careers without children -- Case studies, part 2: career responses to marriage and motherhood -- Growing up in families -- Explaining differences in women managers' careers
Summary While there is extensive data on the experiences of women working in managerial positions in Britain, there is a dearth of such information in Hong Kong. Consequently much of our understanding and beliefs about these women's lives are based on issues that concern women in the West, such as subordination and the struggle for equal rights
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-241) and index
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Subject Women executives -- China -- Hong Kong
Women executives -- Great Britain
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
Women executives
China -- Hong Kong
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2002533322
ISBN 9789882200814
9882200818
1282705849
9781282705845
9786612705847
6612705841