Apologies for "tooting our own horn," hopefully this book is of interest to some GDO members...
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GDO Members Gregory, Lituchy, Olivas-Lujan, and <st1:city w:st="on">Santos</st1:city> Publish Book on Successful Women of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Americas</st1:place></st1:country-region>
GDO members Ann Gregory, Terri Lituchy, Miguel R. Olivas-Lujan, and Neusa Santos, along with fellow Academy members BJ Punnett, Jo Ann Duffy, Suzy Fox, and Silvia Inés Monserrat, just published a book that summarizes the research they have been conducting over the past six years. Titled Successful Professional Women of the Americas -From Polar Winds to Tropical Breezes, the book includes country chapters from Canada to Argentina, as well as Barbados, Chile, Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and, of course, the United States. The chapters relate the fascinating stories of successful women across the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Americas</st1:country-region></st1:place>: women who are managers, business owners, university professors and administrators, doctors, lawyers and government ministers.
Based on extensive research, including more than 1,100 surveys and 300 interviews of women, the volume aims to explain what these women have in common and how they differ. The workplace challenges and barriers to professional success faced by women are also analyzed. Seeking to capture the voices of the women themselves, the authors – also from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures across the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Americas</st1:country-region></st1:place> – attempt to explain success in the face of personal, social, organizational, cultural and economic obstacles facing women everywhere.
Successful Professional Women of the Americas will provide fascinating reading for academics, students and researchers focusing on gender studies or business and management. Professional women and managers worldwide will also find the book to be of great appeal. Interested persons may order the book directly from Edward Elgar Publishing (http://tinyurl.com/p25uv).
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Dr. Miguel R. Olivas-Lujan
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