Contents: Preface Adelina M. Broadbridge and Sandra L. Fielden PART I GETTING IN 1 Education and Career Counselling Lori Paris and Diane Decker 2 The Internship Class: Internship Subjectivity and Inequality: Gender, Race and Class Elaine Swan 3 Understanding and Researching 'Choice' in Women's Career Trajectories Patricia Lewis and Ruth Simpson 4 Gender Scripts as Access Codes to Management Positions Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger 5 Gendered Understanding of Recruitment Processes: Applications and Resumes Ulla Hytti 6 Presumed Incompetent: Perceived Lack of Fit and Gender Bias in Recruitment and Selection Madeline E. Heilman, Francesca Manzi and Susanne Braun 7 Talking Yourself into Work: Insights from Sociolinguistics About Gender and the Employment Interview Mary Barrett 8 "This is Just the Way it is": Executive Search and Gendered Careers Charlotte Holgersson and Janne Tienari 9 Inclusion and Exclusion Processes in the Executive Search Business: An Intersectional Approach Regine Bendl, Helga Eberherr and Angelika Schmidt 10 Breaking Down Barriers Susan M. Adams PART II GETTING ON 11 Theories of Vertical Segregation in Feminised Occupations: Rethinking Dominant Perspectives and Making Use of Bourdieu Kate Huppatz 12 Women's Beliefs about Breaking Glass Ceilings Paul Smith 13 Risk Aversion among Women: Reality or Simply 'Doing Gender'? Mary Shapiro, Susan Hass, Sylvia Maxfield and Vipin Gupta 14 Pursuing, Doing and Reviewing Mentoring Relationships Jane Fowler 15 Women Managers, Careers and Organisations Viki Holton 16 How Some Women Achieve Success Adelina M. Broadbridge 17 Creating and Sustaining Positive Careers for Women: A Closer Look at Organizational Context Janet L. Kottke and Mark D. Agars 18 Women and Leadership Linda L. Carli 19 'Woman as a Project': Key Issues for Women Who Want to Get On Sharon Mavin, Jannine Williams, Patricia Bryans and Nicola Patterson 20 Women on Boards in Australia: Achieving Real Change or More of the Same? Alison Sheridan, Anne Ross-Smith and Linley Lord 21 Global Career Challenges for Women Crossing International Borders Yehuda Baruch and Cristina Reis 22 Pursuing Partnership: Flexible Work Arrangements in U.S. Accounting and Law Firms Leslie Levin, Mary Mattis, Andrea Tsentides and Jill Beier 23 Back to the Future: A Gendered analysis of 'Getting on' in the Professional Services Firm Savita Kumra 24 'What's Woman's Work?' Work-Family Interface among Women Entrepreneurs in Italy Silvia De Simone and Vincenza Priola PART III GETTING OUT 25 Playing, Quitting or Changing the Game? A Discussion of Women Managers' Responses to Organizational Conditions Yvonne Due Billing 26 Encore Careers: Motivating Factors for Career Exit and Rebirth Wendy Murphy and Elizabeth Volpe 27 Senior Women, Work Life Balance and the Decision to Quit: A Generational Perspective Deirdre Anderson and Susan Vinnicombe 28 Exploring the Career Choices of Professional Women with Dependent Children Helen M. Woolnough and Jane Redshaw 29 Retirement - A New Beginning or the Beginning of the End? Adelina M. Broadbridge and Agneta Moulettes 30 Transitioning with Grace: Women's Post-Retirement Needs and Adjustment Rachel A. August Index
