"In this landmark work on corporate power, especially as it relates to women, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the distinguished Harvard management thinker and consultant, shows how the careers and self-images of" New York Times Book Review An ambitious work, stopping at each floor of the corporate structure....Sheds new light on business but this time as a battleground of the sexes.
Preface to the 1993 EditionPrefaceIntroduction3Pt. IThe Players and the Stage1Men and Women of the Corporation: The Population152Industrial Supply Corporation: The Setting29Pt. IIRoles and Images3Managers474Secretaries695Wives104Pt. IIIStructures and Processes6Opportunity1297Power1648Numbers: Minorities and Majorities206Pt. IVUnderstanding the Action9Contributions to Theory: Structural Determinants of Behavior in Organizations24510Contributions to Practice: Organizational Change, Affirmative Action, and the Quality of Work Life265Afterword to the 1993 Edition: The View from the 1990s: How the Global Economy Is Reshaping Corporate Power and Careers289Appendix I: Field Study Methodology and Sources of Data331Appendix II: Some Observations of Women's Leadership in Organizations339Notes344Bibliography368Index383