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A Handbook for Women Mentors: Transcending Barriers of Stereotype, Race, and Ethnicity (Women's Psychology)

By Carole A. Rayburn , Florence L. Denmark , Mary E. Reuder , Asuncion Miteria Austria

Book information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2010
ISBN
031336625X, 9780313366253, 9780313366260
LCC
BF637.M45 H36 2010
Google Books ID
wt38s-uLANUC
Open Library ID
OL23919189M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1406369 bytes)
Series
Women's Psychology
Pages
316\316
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

In this unprecedented handbook, the team of coeditors and contributors show the immeasurable impact of women helping women via a method that has become a "hot-button" topic nationwide—mentoring.In A Handbook for Women Mentors: Transcending Barriers of Stereotype, Race, and Ethnicity, an expert author team—all experienced mentors—provide specific strategies for women mentoring women, showing how mentoring relationships benefit individuals, women as a group, and the nation as a whole. Discussions include ongoing challenges—and potential pitfalls—for women confronting obstacles in their education and professional careers, with special attention to minority women—whether it is a mother of four leading a university department, an African American woman working in engineering, or a Latina female advancing in the field of math.

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