Suggested Reading

Jackson Library Hot Topics: Work/Life Balance

Everyone struggles with this issue. Jackson Library has pulled together a list of books, blogs and recent news articles that provide a variety of perspectives on this challenging management issue. Details

Entrepreneurship from the Perspective of Women September Session

[photo - Professor Saloner] [photo - Professor Shaw] Professors Garth Saloner & Kathryn Shaw
There are now over a dozen courses taught on entrepreneurship at the GSB. These courses cover a wide range of topics of interest to the budding entrepreneur and venture capitalists. But what unique challenges do women face when approaching entrepreneurship? Entrepreneurship from the Perspective of Women Details

Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work

[Photo - Back on the Career Track Book Cover] By Carol Fishman Cohen and Vivian Steir Rabin
Following three years of book research, co-author Vivian Steir Rabin and Carol Fishman Cohen have been speaking extensively for the last two years about career re-entry; to employers, organizations, colleges and universities. They have an entertaining and informative presentation that has been an effective keynote for events targeted at individuals on career break looking to resume careers. More about this book

Selling Women Short: Gender and Money on Wall Street

By Louise Marie Roth
After extensive research on gender inequality on Wall Street, Roth discovers that women with similar qualifications and performance as men don't receive similar pay. Wall Street firms still use subtle structural discrimination making it difficult for women to advance.

The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much?

[book cover - The Feminine Mistake] By Leslie Bennetts
One of the top concerns among GSB women MBAs and alumnae is how to balance a fulfilling career and family life. What is at stake for mothers that opt out of the workforce to raise their children? Drawing on interviews with hundreds of women as well as sociologists, economists, legal scholars, and other experts, Leslie Bennetts lays out the dangers of giving up careers

The Road Winds Uphill All the Way: Gender, Work, and Family in the United States and Japan

By Myra H. Strober and Agnes Miling Kaneko Chan
The authors take a fresh look at the widespread belief that U.S. gender equity is light years ahead of Japan's. The elite group of Japanese and Americans in their study describe surprisingly similar experiences as they faced the job market and began raising families.

[Book Cover - Smart Networking] Smart Networking: Attract a Following In Person and Online
by Liz Lynch, MBA '92
Networking is not just for job seekers and sales people, but for any professional who needs to get things done in today's fast-paced, wired world. With more information available than ever and more results being asked of us every day, we can't do it all ourselves. We need the help of other people, and it's the strength of our relationships that will determine the pace and level of our success. "Smart Networking" describes how to integrate traditional face-to-face techniques with a strong online presence to make networking easier, automatic and global.

The Ten-Year Nap (Fiction)

By Meg Wolitzer
This novel explores the lives of four educated New York friends that left the work force to raise their babies only to realize that their temporary leave has lasted a decade. Now in their forties with no profession or babies at home, the four friends are forced to confront the choices they've made in opting out of their careers.

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