Athena Rising
Subtitle: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women
By: W. Brad Johnson, PhD, and David Smith, PhD
Contributors: Smith, David (David Glenn), 1965- author
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781629561516
Subjects: Mentoring in business; Women in the professions; Sex role in the work environment; Women employees; Mentoring in the professions; Women executives
Description: Evidence consistently shows that women face more barriers in securing mentorships than men, and when they do find a mentor, they may reap a narrower range of both career and psychological benefits.Athena Rising is a book for men about how to mentor women deliberately and effectively. It is a straightforward, no-nonsense manual for helping men of all institutions, organizations, and businesses to become excellent mentors to women.  --Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-193) and index.
Table of contents: title: The everyday Athena; title: How women struggle at work: let us count the ways; title: The reluctant male: why men avoid mentoring women; title: The biology and psychology of men and women in relationships: becoming a thoughtful caveman; title: A few good men: why men should mentor women well; title: Preliminaries; title: Matters of relationship; title: Matters of professional growth; title: Matters of personal growth; title: What not to do.