title: Women CEOs in health care: did they have mentors?
abstract: Nineteen of 35 women CEOs of health care organizations who were interviewed in a study to ascertain how female CEOs of health care organizations attained those positions said that they had been mentored, receiving both career advancement assistance and psychosocial support. Mentoring was helpful, but not critical to the women's success.
authors.affiliation: Health Care Administration, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roemer
mesh_terms: D016542:Chief Executive Officers, Hospital / Q000145:classification / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000145:classification / Q000193:education*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008611:Mentors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D014481:United States; D014931:Women, Working / Q000145:classification / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology