Discusses the reorganization of the shop-floor into team-based production units at two American mechanical engineering firms.

Covers trends in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes case studies of social and labour policies in eight companies.

This book helps us to better understand the problems women face in rising through the ranks and securing top positions, and offers some useful strategies for shattering the glass ceiling. It examines current gender inequalities in the labour market and in political and social life.