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Female Ambition

How to Reconcile Work and Family

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Authors:
  1. Nuria Chinchilla
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  2. Consuelo León
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Nuria Chinchilla, Consuelo León
    Pages 1-6

  3. Being a Woman in the Twenty-first Century

    • Nuria Chinchilla, Consuelo León
    Pages 7-24

  4. The Family: Current Situation and Legal Framework

    • Nuria Chinchilla, Consuelo León
    Pages 25-49

  5. Women: Agents of Change?

    • Nuria Chinchilla, Consuelo León
    Pages 50-78

  6. Work and Family: Can They be Reconciled?

    • Nuria Chinchilla, Consuelo León
    Pages 79-106

  7. Family-responsible Companies

    • Nuria Chinchilla, Consuelo León
    Pages 107-127

  8. The Secret of Personal Leadership

    • Nuria Chinchilla, Consuelo León
    Pages 128-144

  9. Managing Personal, Family and Professional Time: How to Accomplish Everything

    • Nuria Chinchilla, Consuelo León
    Pages 145-168

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 169-182
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About this book

Female Ambition traces the development of women in the workplace, and focuses on a host of critical issues such as current governmental legislation and the family unit, family-responsible companies, personal leadership and the management of time in the workplace and at home. In a comprehensive manner, the book addresses the challenges that women face as they seek to combine careers with a balanced and fulfilling family life. This book also provides practical tips on achieving this goal, and includes numerous real-life examples.

About the authors

NURIA CHINCHILLA holds a PhD in Management from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain. She is Director of the International Centre of Work and Family, which aims to inform companies, policy-makers in government institutions as well as private institutions about how to successfully create family-friendly work environments.

CONSUELO LÉON is a Researcher at the InternationaI Centre for Work and Family at IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain. She has written extensively on women in the workplace, as well as other related topics. She holds a degree in journalism from the University of Navarra, Spain.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Female Ambition

  • Book Subtitle: How to Reconcile Work and Family

  • Authors: Nuria Chinchilla, Consuelo León

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230508910

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-9178-2Published: 06 October 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-54326-7Published: 06 October 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-50891-0Published: 06 October 2005

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 182

  • Topics: Human Resource Management, Management, Gender Studies

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