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by Linda Babcock


  Tipping Point, The: How Little Things Can Make

  Interpretation (Eagly), 66

  a Big Difference (Gladwell), 13–14

  “sex-typing,” 67

  “tokenism,” 80

  Shadow Negotiation, The: How Women Can Mas-

  Toward a New Psychology of Women (Miller),

  ter the Hidden Agendas that Determine Bar-

  122

  gaining Success (Kolb and Williams), 123,

  Toy Story movies, 69–70

  173

  Trump, Donald, 98

  Shalit, Wendy, 100

  Turlington, Christy, 98

  Shelby-Hyde, Janet, 71

  “turnip-to-oyster” scale. See “recognition of op-

  Showers, Carolin, 71

  portunity” scale

  Siegelman, Peter, 148–149

  Slovic, Paul, 135–136

  “Ultimatum Game,” 149–150

  Small, Deborah, 2–3

  union membership, xi

  social “epidemics,” 14

  Ury, William, 123–124, 127, 167

  social sanctions, 86–87. See also gender roles,

  penalties for violating

  Valian, Virginia, 8, 47, 94, 110, 180, 183

  socialization of children, 27–31, 67, 69–72;

  venture capital, gender inequities in distribu-

  gender differences in forms of play, 120–

  tion of, 24, 56

  121; gender differences in chores assigned,

  29–30, 46–47

  Solnick, Sara, 149–150

  Wade, Mary, 87, 154–156

  Sommers, Christina Hoff, 100

  wages. See earnings and gender inequality

  Sondak, Harris, 116

  Wagner, Richard, 177

  Sonnert, Gerhard, 77

  Wall Street Journal, 58

  Stayn, Heidi, 2–3

  War against Boys, The: How Misguided Femi-

  Steck, Ron, 85

  nism Is Harming Our Young Men (Sommers),

  Steele, Claude, 79

  100

  “stereotype threat,” 79–81

  Weitzman, Lenore J., xii

  Sternberg, Robert, 177

  Wellington, Sheila, 82

  222

  I N D E X

  What’s Holding You Back? 8 Critical Choices for

  9–10; and goals, 132–135, 142–143; at

  Women’s Success (Austin), 24, 181

  home, 180–185; and importance of initiat-

  “When the Mentor Is a Man and the Prote´geé

  ing, ix–xiii, 4–7, 54–58; and perceptions of Is a Woman” (Fitt and Newton), 152–153

  conflict, 119–122; and perceptions of enti-

  Who Succeeds in Science: The Gender Dimension

  tlement, 52–54, 58; and protecting relation-

  (Sonnert), 77

  ships, 117–119, 122; and recognition of op-

  Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women (Val-

  portunities, 20, 31–32, 38–40; and self-

  ian), 8, 94

  confidence, 71–72, 122, 140–142, 142–

  Williams, Judith, 123, 173

  144. See also advice for women; salary nego-

  Winfrey, Oprah, 64

  tiations; negotiation, gender differences in;

  Winter Olympics (2002), 99–100

  advocacy, and negotiation

  women: adjusting their behavior between pri-

  women managers, perceptions of, 85–86, 89,

  vate and public, 87; advice for ( see advice

  90–91

  for women); and belief in the legitimacy of

  Women’s Health Initiative, 162

  their own inferiority, 77; common assump-

  women’s magazines, 64

  tions of, 18; and competition, 102–104;

  women’s work: ambiguity about women’s mar-

  and devaluation of their work, 78, 91–93,

  ket value, 50–54, 59–60; and gender-based

  94–95; and economic progress, xii, xiii, 49,

  comparisons, 49; and historical roles, 65–

  94–95; and gender norms, 86–87, 89–91;

  66; and influence of gender differences on

  and importance of access to leadership posi-

  childhood chores, 46–49; labor force partic-

  tions, 160–163; and importance of relation-

  ipation by college-educated women, 44–45;

  ships, 117–119; and international differ-

  and occupational segregation, 65–66; value

  ences in average earnings compared to

  of, 43–46. See also costs of undervaluing

  men, 95; and labor-force participation

  women’s work

  rates, general, xi; and labor-force participa-

  workers: and changes in organizational

  tion rates of college-educated women, 44–

  structure, x; and impact of mergers and

  45; and likeability, 87–89; in the media,

  acquisitions, x; and job turnover statistics,

  68; and perceptions of them as managers,

  x–xi; and rising levels of female self-

  85–86, 89, 90–91; and politics, 25; re-

  employment, xi; and union member-

  sponses to leadership behavior, 89–91;

  ship, xi

  and self-employment, xi; and single moth-

  Working Mother magazine awards, 82–83

  ers, xii; and voting rights, 24. See also gen-

  “work/life” benefits, 83

  der roles; women, and negotiation; wom-

  en’s work

  Xena: Warrior Princess, 70

  women, and negotiation: and ability to evalu-

  ate fair outcomes, 41–43, 46, 49, 59–60,

  Yoder, Janice, 107

  137–138; in advocacy situations, 154–157;

  You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in

  and anxiety, 113–116, 123–129; and exter-

  Conversation (Tannen), 121

  nal constraints on behavior, 87–91, 148–

  150; and external constraints on success,

  Zigler, Edward, 117

  148–150; and focus on cooperation, 168–

  Zuckerman, Marvin, 138. See also sensation-

  173; and frequency of initiating, 1–4, 5–7,

  seeking, scales measuring

  223

  Document Outline

  CONTENTS

  PREFACE: Why Negotiation, and Why Now?

  INTRODUCTION: Women Don’t Ask

  CHAPTER ONE: Opportunity Doesn’t Always Knock

  CHAPTER TWO: A Price Higher than Rubies

  CHAPTER THREE: Nice Girls Don’t Ask

  CHAPTER FOUR: Scaring the Boys

  CHAPTER FIVE: Fear of Asking

  CHAPTER SIX: Low Goals and Safe Targets

  CHAPTER SEVEN: Just So Much and No More

  CHAPTER EIGHT: The Female Advantage

  EPILOGUE: Negotiating at Home

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  NOTES

  REFERENCES

  INDEX A

  B

  C

  D

  E

  F

  G

  H

  I

  J

  K

  L

  M

  N

  O

  P

  R

  S

  T

  U

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  W

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