Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xviii, 227 pages; 23 cm

Summary

1. Written for health care executives and managers of both sexes, this book explores the vital issues that surround the gender disparity in health care leadership. It answers the vital questions concerning how gender affects health care leadership. It reveals how to create a diverse, creative, and resourceful leadership pool. And it gives women the tools they need to break the glass ceiling.

Subject

1. Women in medicine
2. Health services administrators
3. Women executives
4. Women
5. Executives
6. Leadership
7. Women physicians
8. Prejudices
9. Women
10. Administrative Personnel
11. Leadership
12. Physicians, Women
13. Career Mobility
14. Prejudice
15. executives
16. physicians
17. women (female humans)
18. Women physicians
19. Prejudices
20. Executives
21. Health services administrators
22. Women executives
23. Women in medicine
24. Heilberuf
25. Berufserfolg
26. Geschlechtsunterschied
27. Gesundheitswesen
28. Führungskraft

Contents

1. pt. I. Coming to Terms with Gender -- 1. The Paradox of Gender -- 2. Gender, Values, and Leadership -- 3. Experiencing Gender on the Job -- 4. Coming to Terms with Gender's Impact -- pt. II. Antidotes for Effectiveness -- 5. Antidote 1: Defusing Gender's Role in Conflict, Negotiations, and Power -- 6. Antidote 2: Using Communication as a Bridge -- 7. Antidote 3: Career Renewal Strategies -- 8. Antidote 4: Nurturing Ourselves, Mentoring Others -- pt. III. Embracing Authenticity and Power -- 9. Gender's Role in Transformation and Authenticity -- 10. From Paradox to Power.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-220) and index.