Maritime Women: Global Leadership  [electronic resource] / 
edited by Momoko Kitada, Erin Williams, Lisa Loloma Froholdt. 
 - Berlin, Heidelberg :  Springer Berlin Heidelberg,  2015. 
 - 1 online resource (XV, 304 p. 29 illus.) 
 - WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs,  3  2196-8772 ; .
<br/><br/>Lisa Loloma Froholdt, Erin Williams, and Momoko Kitada, Introduction -- Pamela Tansey, Women at the Helm - 25 years of IMO's gender programme -- Part I Maritime Policy and Women's Advancement: Alison McGarry, Leading Change: The ITF Women's Maritime Leadership Programme -- Aspasia S. Pastra, Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos, and Ioannis P. Gkliatis, Board Characteristics and the Presence of Women on the Board of Directors: The Case of The Greek Shipping Sector -- Margarita Dávila Cevallos, Participation of Ecuadorian Women in the Maritime Oil Transportation Sector -- Part II Career Development and Gender Issues: Bev Mackenzie, The "Leaky Pipeline"- Examining and Addressing The Loss of Women at Consecutive Career Stages in Marine Engineering, Science and Technology -- Claudia Grant and Vivette Grant, Women in the Maritime Sector: Surviving and Thriving in a Man's World - A Caribbean Perspective -- Ayşe Aslı Başak, Women's Role in the Turkish and Global Maritime Industry -- Momoko Kitada, Absent Mother Sailors: How Possible is it to Do the Impossible? -- Part III Maritime Educatiion and Research - Impact of Women: Chen Qi, Let Numbers Speak: Job Opportunities and International Exchange Programs for Female Maritime Cadets -- Maria Boström Cars and Cecilia Österman, Mind the Gap! Maritime Education for Gender-Equal Career Advancement -- Rozane Valente Marins and Juliana Berninger da Costa, Are Women Contributing Equally to the Oceanography Science in Brazil? -- Wilson Thoya Baya, Education for Career-building: How Women in the Maritime Industry Can Use Education to Improve Knowledge, Skills, Organizational Learning and Development, and Knowledge Transfer -- Part IV Global Leadership for Maritime Women: Anniek Wouters, Women Leadership in Maritime Law Firms: The Antwerp Case -- Olga Delgado Ortega, Kjell Ivar Øvergård, and Veronica Henden, Women Are Better Leaders Than They Think: Gender Differences in the Self-Assessment of Leadership Skills in the Maritime Industry -- Pınar Özdemir and Taner Albayrak, How to Cope with Second-Generation Gender Bias in Male-Dominated Occupations --  Karin Orsel, Women in Shipping: Navigating to the Top -- Part V Sustainable Issues in Shipping - Women's Contribution: Pengfei Zhang and Minghua Zhao, Chinese Women Seafarers: Past, Present and Prospects -- Colin J. Stevenson, Sustainable Development Issues in Shipping: Women, The Under-Represented Human Resource -- Marlene Calderón, Diana Illing, Ingrid Schipperen, and Pedro Antão, Improving the Current Regime for Ship Safety Inspections - Opportunities for Technology Research and Women Employment -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783662453858 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Law.<br/>Leadership.<br/>School management and organization.<br/>School administration.<br/>Law of the Sea.<br/>International law.<br/>Sociology.<br/>Sex (Psychology).<br/>Gender expression.<br/>Gender identity.