Their new assertiveness may reflect a labour law introduced in January 2008, which gave workers more contractual rights.
Not all women tip-toe around others, lack assertiveness or undermine themselves when communicating with others.
Allied with some training in communications and assertiveness skills, a real impact could be made.
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They said these could include interventions involving conflict management, relaxation, assertiveness and social skills training.
They share deep U.S. concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions and increasing assertiveness in the region.
Many questions seem to reflect a fear of growing Chinese assertiveness in the disputed waters.
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In particular, it has responded inadequately to China's growing military power and political assertiveness.
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In other words, they need to demonstrate the masculine traits of confidence and assertiveness.
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Before panic spreads, it is worth noting that China's new assertiveness reflects weakness as well as strength.
In the harmonious world China says it seeks, assertiveness needs to be matched with reassurance and explanation.
Even though I was as ambitious as the rest, overt ambition or assertiveness was interpreted as aggressiveness.
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It is not going to shed its new-found self-confidence and assertiveness just because of a few speeches.
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The hope of forging a common European identity has given way to greater national assertiveness, even chauvinism.
To justify its new assertiveness, the post office comes up with heart-rending self-justifications.
The Angolan government's new western-backed assertiveness is not limited to its own territory.
Or how an increase in volume and intensity grabs attention because of the heightened emotion (passion, anger, assertiveness, certainty) it signals.
And whoever told Vice President Gore to chill on the assertiveness scale deserves a posting to Butte, Montana, should Gore be elected.
The banks could cut people's pay: there have been welcome signs of assertiveness from bank shareholders on this score in recent weeks.
Previous episodes of Turkish assertiveness in the region have been less welcome.
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Unlike past rising powers, China is not expansionist, a reality that is sometimes obscured in discussions of its assertiveness in settling territorial claims.
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Be assertive and confident when dealing with a personality clash, but don't let assertiveness tip into aggressiveness or confidence become a confrontational stance.
The growing assertiveness of the military and other hardline elements in Moscow, however, evidently compelled Yeltsin to backtrack from his commitments at the Washington summit.
The Chinese have forged closer relations with his regime to ensure stability in a border country and to buffer against America's increasing assertiveness in Asia.
Women as well as men learn to identify leadership with masculine attributes like assertiveness and confidence, not feminine traits such as collaboration and nurturing.
But if China continues to consolidate its economic and political power, its assertiveness will likely grow, which will leave U.S. influence on China increasingly limited.
Austrian assertiveness as Ottoman influence declined was compounded with Russian determination to resist any encroachment that threatened her historic interests in the Black Sea region.
As for Abramson, there were concerns about her assertiveness and whether it would stifle discussion and dissent, and about her presentation skills, including her voice.
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