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Climbing the Corporate Ladder

In: DANCING ON THE EDGE OF GREATNESS Making Leadership Personal

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May is attending a reunion with her ex-colleagues whom she has not seen for more than a decade. Back then, May was the R&D (research & development) Director leading engineering teams across Europe and Asia Pacific. May tells her ex-colleagues that she’s now working in Sales for a systems integrator. May’s ex-colleagues give her a withering look of pity. Out loud, they say, “Good for you!” But their faces say it all. Poor you. How far the mighty angel has fallen…

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  • Sophia Chin, 2023. "Climbing the Corporate Ladder," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: DANCING ON THE EDGE OF GREATNESS Making Leadership Personal, chapter 9, pages 159-168, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789811251214_0009
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    Keywords

    Leadership; Entrepreneurship; Leadership Development; Personal Development; Creativity; Motivation; Management; Human Resources;
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    JEL classification:

    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior

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