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Making It: Black Women Middle Managers
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This in-depth qualitative study of foursuccessful African American/Black women middlemanagers provides the reader with a coherentrepresentation of the themes that shaped the lives ofthe women portrayed and will provide readerswith a deeper understanding of the Black woman'sexperience in corporate America. Issues such as race, gender, family of origin, social status andinterpersonal relationships are fully explored. Thestrategies these women used to achieve theirprofessional goals in the workplace are alsopresented. In addition the study provides anopportunity to explore African American women'snotions of success and an understanding of how theirinterpretation of their experiences affects theirchoice of strategies to use to accomplish theirgoals. It was discovered that among the strategiesused by the research participants and defined by theauthor was a typology of mentor relationships:Traditional-Hierarchical, Coach-Confidante andTouchstone.
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