CWS Library Articles

Women Lawyers and Obstacles to Leadership, Mona Harrington, MIT Workplace Center and Helen Hsi, Sloan School of Management.  May 2, 2007. A Report of MIT Workplace Center Surveys on Comparative Career Decisions and Attrition Rates of Women and Men in Massachusetts Law Firms.  Prepared for: The Equality Commission, the Women’s Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Bar Association.

http://web.mit.edu/workplacecenter/docs/law-report_4-07.pdf

Sexism in the Workplace
by Portfolio Staff April 2008 Issue
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Fortune: The 100 Best Companies to Work For 2008
“… Fortune and the Great Place to Work Institute have highlighted 100 firms that not only pamper employees in good time but look out for them in bad. How can we be so sure? Because employees themselves-nearly 100,000 of them-were surveyed to pick the winners.”
February 4, 2008
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Related Articles:

Profile: A Perfect Season
By Jeffrey M. O’Brien
“What makes the Four Seasons so special? Guests can check out anytime they like-but employees never want to leave.”
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Case study: In the Land of Women
By Jessi Hempel
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Breaking the Grass Ceiling
November 16, 2007
Wall Street Journal
Russell Adams

Susan Myers quit her job as an investment banker and became one of the nation’s few female high school football coaches.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1116biz-womancoach16-ON.html

Boston Globe Advertising Supplement
Where Are the Women?
Engineering, Computer Science, and MBA Programs Address Gender Gap
http://boston.com/jobs/careerdevelopment/fallregistration/article_1/

Trauma care
For over 25 years, Harvard psychiatrists have helped and studied victims of many of the world’s most devastating events. What they found is more heartening than you might think.
By Dr. Richard F. Mollica | July 2, 2007
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Tests of trainee doctors find signs of race bias in care
Study seeks root of known disparity
By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff | July 20, 2007
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For women, finding work a tough job
By Kristen Grieco, Globe Correspondent | August 5, 2007
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Link to AARP’s Best Employers for Workers Over 50.

Equal access, equal care
By Paul Mendis and James O’Connell  | August 7, 2007
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Veterinary schools turn increasingly female
Surge tied to flexibility, attractiveness of field
By Sarah Schweitzer, Globe Staff  | August 22, 2007
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