How Women Can Make It Work

Eden King, PhD, is assistant professor of organizational psychology at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.Jennifer Knight, PhD, received her degree in organizational psychology from Rice University, Houston, TX.

• Series ForewordIntroductionSection One How to Make It Work When Finding the Job: Moving beyond the Want AdsChapter 1 Who Are You? Who-Who-Who-Who? Understanding What You Bring to the Table in the WorkplaceChapter 2 What Would You Do If You Had a Million Dollars and Didn't Have to Work? Deciding What You Want to Be When You Grow UpChapter 3 Finding a Company That Fits Just RightChapter 4 Preparing a Picture Perfect (but Not Pink) Application PackageChapter 5 Nail It: How to Rock Your InterviewChapter 6 Math Class Is Tough: Overcoming Stereotypes and Biases during the Selection ProcessChapter 7 Compensation and Negotiation: Getting What You Are Entitled ToChapter 8 It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times: How Female Workers and Entrepreneurs Can Survive and Thrive in Tough TimesSection Two How to Make It Work When Navigating Interpersonal Relationships: Why the People Make the PlaceChapter 9 Dipping Your Pen in the Company Ink: The Pleasures and Perils of Dating on the JobChapter 10 Mean Girls at Work: Coping with "Queen Bees,"Chapter 11 The Gray to Green Shift: Understanding Older Workers and Helping Them to Understand YouChapter 12 Networking: It's More Than an Internet ConnectionChapter 13 Subtle, Yet Significant: Contemporary Forms of Sexism in Interpersonal InteractionsChapter 14 Let's Talk about Sex?…?ual Harassment: Your Rights and How to Use ThemChapter 15 Heroes and She-roes: The Powerful Role of Mentoring in OrganizationsSection Three How to Make It Work While Communicating on the Job: Speaking Up and Standing OutChapter 16 "Men Are from Earth, Women Are from Earth. Deal with It": Gendered Verbal and Nonverbal Communication at WorkChapter 17 R U gr8 @ e-comm? ;-) The Growing Role of E-Communication in the WorkplaceChapter 18 "You Know You Love Me, X.O.X.O. Gossip Girl": The Pros and Cons of Sharing Dirt at WorkChapter 19 How Dressing for Success Can Show Finesse or Create Duress: What Your Clothing Communicates on the JobChapter 20 Put Me in Coach, I'm Ready to Play: Sports Metaphors at WorkChapter 21 What Do Women Want?: A Glimpse into Men's Perspectives of Interactions with WomenChapter 22 Room with a Cue: How Your Cubicle Reveals More about You Than You Might ThinkSection Four How to Make It Work While Advancing in the Job: Getting Beyond the Glass Ceiling, the Glass Cliff, and the Sticky FloorChapter 23 Gotta Get Better to Get Ahead: Making the Most of FeedbackChapter 24 Learning to Fly: Making Work Assignments DevelopmentalChapter 25 Moving on Up: How Women Become LeadersChapter 26 View from the Top: Living the Leader LifeChapter 27 It's about Time: Incorporating Time Management and Planning Practices into Your WorkdayChapter 28 "I Got 99 Problems": Dealing with Stress on the JobSection Five How to Make It Work While Balancing Work and Family: The Grand Canyon or a Line in the Sand?Chapter 29 What's in a Name? The Decision among Married Working Women to Change or Keep Their NamesChapter 30 Waddle It Up, Women! Balancing Pregnancy and WorkChapter 31 Can Work and Family Be Like Peas and Carrots?Chapter 32 She's Nice, but Incompetent: Misperceptions of Moms and How to Correct ThemChapter 33 Nowhere Near PB and J, but Still the Sandwich Generation: Balancing Child and Elder CareChapter 34 On the Road Again: The Hidden (and Not So Hidden) Costs of CommutingChapter 35 Leaving on a Jet Plane: Navigating the Ups and Downs of Working Abroad as WomenSection Six How Women of All Stripes Can Make It Work: Special Issues for SubgroupsChapter 36 Perfectly Capable: Workplace Considerations of Women with DisabilitiesChapter 37 Minority Report: Workplace Considerations of African American, Hispanic, and Asian WomenChapter 38 Coming Out and Standing Up: Workplace Considerations of Lesbians and Bisexual WomenChapter 39 All the Single Ladies: Workplace Considerations of Single MomsChapter 40 We All Need Somebody to Lean On: How Allies Can Support Each OtherConclusionWhat's the Bottom Line about How to Make It Work? What You Can Take with YouNotesIndex

Information is easy to find in the book, and the authors enhance their work by suggesting relevant Web resources. In addition to appealing to young women, this book will interest anyone wanting to gain insight into the culture of young women at work, or seeking solutions to problems in a work environment. Many empirical studies are cited, perhaps implying a 'science of success.' In this complicated field, the authors offer good advice.