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REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Serial No. Journal & Author Name Gist of the text

1. Feminine vs. feminism in business?

A-Universityforlife.com

Women should present themselves as

feminine, be it relationships or business asmen want to deal with a female & not a

masculine female

2. Feminism Is A BusinessA- Menarebetterthanwomen.com

This is totally against feminism. The

author does not believe in this concept

and considers it hypocrite.

3. Feminisms Unfinished BusinessA- Katha Pollitt

The world has accepted feminism but still

widespread inequality is there and womenare not treated fairly. They have to face

problems at every step.

4. Four Ways Women Stunt Their

Careers UnintentionallyA- Jill Flynn, Kathryn Heath, and Mary

Davis Holt

Men think about their female colleagues

is that the women they work with seem to

exhibit low self-confidence. They areoverly modest, not asking, blending in,

and remaining silent. Career momentum

for women is not about adding job skills

but about changing everyday thinking andbehaviors

5. Feminism is Not an Island

A-feminist.com

Today many young women arethemselves against feminism; the possible

reason could be that they are not included

where people talk about their interest. So,there might be another feminist

movement.

6. Reality Check: Feminism in BusinessA- Megan Hunt

The author runs a business and loves

being a woman but people doubt her

capabilities and underestimate her. Theyeven question her husband about her

social standing & cant accept the way

she is.

7. Women as a Business ImperativeA- Felice N. Schwartz

People understand the importance of

women but still underestimate their

capabilities & dont train them well. Theyfret over women at each & every chance

they get. Its important to realize their

importance & utilize their talent.

8. Attitudes toward women as managers:

sex vs culture

A-Mark CordanoRobert F ShererCrystal L Owen

It is important to understand the attitude

of host people when women are assignedglobal assignments. Their can be negative

attitude exhibited by males but women

must understand this & then accept their
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roles& appreciation of their abilities.

9. Women: Feminism, Sexuality,

and Equality in the Work Place

A- Lana Nino

Three sides of the women have beenpresented. Firstly, Feminists envisioned

that women will educate themselves, pick

a career path, and eliminate their

dependencies on men.Secondly, they should not be subservient

to men, and not live their lives as sexual

objects, was a wave created by the mediaand entertainment industry.Thirdly a

phase where the society has proclaimed

freedom from prejudiceagainst women

10. Mentoring and women managers:

another look at the fieldA- Lisa C. Ehrich

Mentoring can yield both career

developmental outcomes such as salaryincreases and promotion as well as

counseling and friendship. Mentoringrelationship is the most important & caneven pave the way for learning & growth.

11. The application of feminism

in the Arab world: research

perspectives

A-Monica Gallant

Arab women can begin to createsustainable

emancipatory movement that maintains

legitimacy within both Islamic principlesand

the cultural norms while still advancing

the opportunities to find new ways of

thinking that benefit women.

12. Perspectives on Women inManagement in India

A- Society for Human ResourceManagement

Women as managers are underutilized incorporate India. To advance women in

managerial roles, support by top

management is essential. Promotingdiverse management practices and

opening doors to women in

managementthrough proactive human

resource policies and programs can beuseful in expanding their talent pool and,

ultimately, their leadership pipeline.

13.

Women managers in indiachallenges and opportunities

A- Centre for Social Research

womens education and participation in

the workforce in India has increased butwomen making to the top are very few.There is a lot of stereotyping in the

society & they have to look after their

families too which reduces their growth

opportunities in career.

14 Making The Business Case For

Gender Equality

There is verifiable evidence that womenin greater than token proportions improve


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A-Davia Temin-forbes.com decision-making, improve shareholder

value, better in investing and lower risk-

taking.

15 Why women in business became the

solution, not the problem

A-Avivah Wittenberg-Cox and

Alison Maitland

Women have proved their talent & are

outperforming males. They are considered

trendsetters today. Women are less at thetop because they dont want a man to betheir boss and issue orders.

17 Too Much Testosterone on Wall

Street?

Its been said that men are better at finance

& hence are able to make more profits but

the high ratio of women in top

management have shown better resistanceto the financial crisis in recent studies.

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Women Are a Hot Topic, But Its

Access to Capital That Counts

Women might have little leadership roles& wealth but they are empowered. They

are saviors of the world, power consumers

& to hve change they should have moreaccess to capital.

19 Why We Have Too Few Women

Leaders

A- Sheryl Sandberg

Managers at top arent increasing. Lot ofbarriers exist for them but women should

find opportunities, prioritize their life andwork as much as possible & leave scope

to come back if they cant work any

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Valuing Female Brains as Highly as

Female Beauty

A- Marie C Wilson

For the last almost 50 years, girls have

faced same issues. They are apprehensive

about the environment in which they live.They are sexualized at every level & their

body is considered more important than

their brain. But, they must have realpower-- the power to make decisions, to

create change and lead.

21 Suits: A Woman on Wall Street

A- Nina Godiwalla

The article tells about the authorsexperiences when she enters JP Morgan

for the first time.Most of the crowdconsisted of men and nobody of them wasready to help her.But she learns to behave

in the given environment as an intern.
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Valuing Women's Unwaged Work

A-Phoebe Jones SchellenbergChair of Philadelphia Women Count

Working Group

The International Women Count

Network (IWCN) grassroots delegation

to the UN Fourth World Conference on

Women in Beijing succeeded in gettinggovernments to agree to measure and

value unwaged work. This issue isimportant to all women because for thefirst time there would be a true measure

of what it really takes for a society to

function.

23Can ernst & young retain women by

rethinking work?

By Keith H. Hammonds in New York,

with Gabrielle Saveri in San Jose, Calif.

The author says women managers have a

lot of workload.most of their time isconsumed in business travelling.they are

not able to give time to their family and

friends prohibiting them to have any

social life,so E&Y has to rethimk their

work strategy.

24Why married women work

By Gene Koretz

According to a research conducted

married women take up work because ofchild care and work related expenses as

most of their earnings are eaten up by

taxes.

25Europe's corporate women

By Paula Dwyer in London, with Marsha

Johnston in Paris and Karen Lowry

Miller in Bonn

In the late nineties,a research discovered

that women are still notn very acceptable

in corporate world and their lives arelimited to children,church and cooking

but times are changing and there would be

more women managers in the next 15years which holds true today.


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26An overview of Women in Business

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Even though women constitute 40% of all

executives and administrative posts(up

from 24% in 1976),they are still restricted

mostly to the middle and lowerpositions,and the senior levels of

management are almost entirely maledomainsHowever,many women hesitateto speak out,fearing it will jeopardize

their careers.In conclusion,many women

have been discouraged from going to thetop by a set of myths suggesting women

are not suited for top management and

that any problems are being solved

gradually.

27 Death Of A Salesman Vs. Fifth Business,

Feminist Perspective

Comparative Essay

Fifth Business by Roberson Davies and

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Through the comparison of Death of a

Salesman by Arthur Miller and Fifth

Business by Robertson Davies thecontrasts between both works are

explored from the feminist perspective.The status of woman in the early and mid

nineteen hundreds is reflected by the

lifestyles of Dunstans mother Mrs.

Ramsey and Linda Loman. Dunstans and

Happys attitude and the ways in whichthey care for the woman they have been

intimate with throughout their lives.

28A woman's place is in her own

business

By David Woodruff In Leipzig

After Berlin Wall fell,many women

jumped into entrepreneurship and didquite well.They were able to extend theirbusiness although as always male

believed that women are not as efficient

as them but the trend continues.

29Women In Business

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As executives or business owners, women

tend to run their businesses differentlythan men. A womans approach

to business ownership lies in the way awoman understands business ownership.

When you own a business, no matter what

that business is, you are automatically in

the people business. It is this approachthat gives the woman entrepreneur a key
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competitive advantage. When it comes

to people skills and communication, a

woman intuitively knows that while it

only takes one person to start some

30Woman At Work

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The times have changed; one notices anincrease in the number of women who

have taken to work, across sectors on a

global scale. Yet despite their pursuit of

high standards of education andvocational skills, they are still lagging

behind in the corporate world, the reason

beingdiscrimination. Discrimination

against women at work has differentfacets, unequal pay, undermined skill set,

segregation in certain sectors and jobs,

work and home balance and sexualharassment are some of the issues.

Although in current times there are still a

large sum of cases of discrimination andunjust treatment towards women, the start

to this epidemic ranges many decades

back.

31 Business, Management, Glass Ceiling

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Glass Ceilings

Unfortunately, in 2007, women and

minorities are still confronted with theidea of the glass ceiling or glass cliffin corporate America. The term glass

ceiling refers to situations where theupward advancement of an individual in

the workplace is limited; this is usually

based on gender or race . This type ofdrawback is not immediately apparent and

is an unwritten and unofficial policy.

It is apparent that this type of

discriminatory management is in full

swing at many companies.
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