CORPORATE WOMEN'S GROUPS AS VEHICLES FOR CHANGE

Emerald - Tập 4 Số 2 - Trang 187-201 - 1996
Ronald J.Burke1, SusanBlack1
1York University, Canada

Tóm tắt

This manuscript examines the use of corporate women's groups to achieve a more level organizational playing field. It first reviews the literature on the use of such groups to bring about change, considering such topics as the origins, purposes, membership, structure, and benefits of such groups to women and to their organizations. Then three ongoing case studies of such groups are summarized Corporate women's groups face some unique challenges in changing organizations as a result of their bottom‐up approach to change.

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