Handbook of Gender and Work

Gary N. Powell, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Management at the University of Connecticut. He is author of Gender in Management (6th ed.), Gender and Leadership, Making Work and Family Work: From Hard Choices to Smart Choices, and Managing a Diverse Workforce: Learning Activities (3rd ed.), and the editor of Handbook of Gender and Work. He is an internationally recognized scholar and educator on gender, diversity, and work-family issues in the workplace. His graduate course on women and men in management won an award on innovation in education from the Committee on Equal Opportunity for Women of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). He has won the University of Connecticut School of Business Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award (four times) and Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. He has received the University of Connecticut President's Award for Promoting Multiculturalism. He has served as Chair of the Women in Management Division (now Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Division) of the Academy of Management and received both the Janet Chusmir Service Award for his contributions to the division and the Sage Scholarship Award for his contributions to research on gender in organizations. He has received the Richard Whipp Lifetime Achievement Award of the British Academy of Management for his contributions to business and management research in the United Kingdom (UK). He has received the Ellen Galinsky Generative Researcher Award of the Work and Family Researchers Network and was also named as a Top Ten Extraordinary Contributor for his contributions to work and family research. He has served as Distinguished Scholar at Lancaster University Management School in Lancaster, UK. He has published over 120 articles in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Personnel Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and Human Relations; contributed over 30 chapters to edited volumes; and made over 180 presentations at professional conferences. He is a Fellow of the British Academy of Management, Academy of Social Sciences, and Eastern Academy of Management. He has served on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management and as President of the Eastern Academy of Management. He has served as co-editor of a special issue of Academy of Management Review on work-life theory and on the editorial board of Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, and Academy of Management Executive Prior to joining the faculty at UConn, he worked at General Electric (GE), graduating from its Manufacturing Management Program. At GE, he designed and implemented automated project scheduling systems as well as systems for inventory control, materials procurement, and so on. He has provided management training and development for many companies, including Webster Financial Corporation, The Hartford Financial Services Group, The Implementation Partners (TIP), GE Capital, General Signal, Apple Computer, Monroe Auto Equipment, Allstate, and CIGNA and has conducted numerous other workshops. He holds a doctorate in organizational behavior and a master's degree in management science from the University of Massachusetts and a bachelor's degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Introduction - Gary N Powell Examining the Intersection of Gender and Work PART ONE: GENDER AND OTHER IDENTITIES Sex and Gender in the New Millenium - Karen Korabik The Color and Culture of Gender in Organizations - Bernardo M Ferdman Attending to Race and Ethnicity PART TWO: THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIETAL CONTEXT Gender and the Changing Nature of Work - Cary L Cooper and Suzan Lewis Gender and Service Delivery - Barbara A Gutek, Bennett Cherry and Markus Groth On the Gendered Substructure of Organization - Mark Maier Dimensions and Dilemmas of Corporate Masculinity The Gender Gap in Earnings - Patricia A Roos and Mary Lizabeth Gatta Trends, Explanations and Prospects The Sex Segregation of Occupations - Jerry A Jacobs Prospects for the 21st Century PART THREE: ORGANIZATIONAL, GROUP AND INTERPERSONAL PROCESSES Gender Bias in Interviewers' Evaluations of Applicants - Laura M Graves When and How Does It Occur? Gender Influences on Performance Evaluations - Kathryn M Bartol Group Gender Composition and Work Group Relations - Pamela S Tolbert, Mary E Graham and Alice O Andrews Theories, Evidence and Issues Gender Effects on Social Influence and Emergent Leadership - Linda L Carli and Alice H Eagly `Re-Viewing' Gender, Leadership and Managerial Behavior - D Anthony Butterfield and James P Grinnell Do Three Decades of Research Tell Us Anything? Global Leaders - Nancy J Adler Women of Influence A Multiperspective Framework of Sexual Harassment - Lynn Bowes-Sperry and Jasmine Tata Reviewing Two Decades of Research Romantic Relationships in Organizational Settings - Gary N Powell and Sharon Foley Something to Talk About PART FOUR: CAREERS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE Gender and Careers - Linda K Stroh and Anne H Reilly Present Experiences and Emerging Trends Reflections on the Glass Ceiling - Gary N Powell Recent Trends and Future Prospects Gender and Mentoring Relationships - Belle Rose Ragins A Review and Research Agenda for the Next Decade Women Entrepreneurs - Dorothy Perrin Moore Approaching a New Millenium Research on Work, Family and Gender - Jeffrey H Greenhaus and Saroj Parasuraman Current Status and Future Directions Stress and the Working Woman - Marilyn J Davidson and Sandra Fielden PART FIVE: ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVES Affirmative Action - Alison M Konrad and Frank Linnehan History, Effects and Attitudes Impacts of Diversity and Work-Life Initiatives in Organizations - Sharon A Lobel PART FIVE: CONDUCTING FUTURE RESEARCH Methodological Issues in Conducting Research on Gender in Organizations - Elizabeth A Cooper and Susan M Bosco