Interviews with Hispanic women leaders
Subtitle: a sociological study
By: Natalia Campbell ; with a foreword by Cynthia Norris
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Lewiston, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780773429413
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Hispanic American women; Interviews; Hispanic American women civic leaders
Description: Uses firsthand interviews with Hispanic women leaders to better understand how they obtained professional success in the United States. It examines what barriers they overcame and what strategies they used. Twelve Hispanic women in leadership positions in academia, government, and private sector employment provided data for this study, the results of which prove that there are key ingredients to success in life: hard work, family support, self-respect, determination, and goal-orientation, all of which helped these people to accomplish their career aspirations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-248) and index.