Women and Work: A HandbookPaula Dubeck, Kathryn M. Borman Focuses on vital contemporary issues Women in the work force today are still subjected to the glass ceiling, sexual discrimination, income inequality, stereotyping, and other obstacles to equal employment and professional advancement. Now a collection of 150 original articles written for this handbook explores the challenges and career blocks that today's women face in the workplace, discuss important contemporary issues, and offers a wide range of facts and data on women's employment. Offers insights and information |
Contents
GENERAL PATTERNS OF EMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT | 3 |
SelfEmployed Women in the United States | 10 |
Young Women at Work | 17 |
Women and Retirement in the U | 25 |
INTERSECTION OF GENDER RACEETHNICITY AND WORK | 35 |
Immigrant Women in the U S and Work | 41 |
Appalachian Women and Work | 47 |
Women and Work in the South after the Civil | 54 |
Legal and Policy Issues | 264 |
JobProtected Leave for Family and Medical Reasons | 274 |
Work Experiences and the Organizational Context of Work | 281 |
Womens Work Commitment | 288 |
Womens Educational Leadership Experience | 295 |
Psychological and Behavioral Issues | 303 |
Computers Gender and ElementarySchool Teaching | 307 |
Organizational Culture | 321 |
ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF WOMENS LABORFORCE PARTICIPATION | 61 |
Occupational Skill Gender and Earnings | 68 |
Income Possession in Couples | 81 |
GENDERBASED DIVISION OF LABOR IN THE U | 87 |
Sex Segregation in the Workplace | 94 |
The Measure of Female LaborForce Attachment | 103 |
Geographic Aspects of Women and Work | 105 |
Structural Approaches | 114 |
An Underlying Dimension | 123 |
Its Implications for Cultural Redefinition | 131 |
OVERVIEW OF WOMENS OCCUPATIONAL DIVERSITY | 139 |
Women in BlueCollar Occupations | 147 |
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE | 153 |
Midwives | 159 |
WOMEN IN EDUCATION | 165 |
WOMEN IN OTHER PROFESSIONS | 181 |
Women in Journalism | 189 |
Women in | 195 |
Women in Public Accounting | 202 |
Women in the Military 18901990 | 211 |
Prostitution | 221 |
Coeducation | 227 |
Computer Language Effects on EducationalCareer | 235 |
Role Models and Occupational Choice | 242 |
Protective Legislation in American Courts | 249 |
Womens Rights in the Labor Market | 255 |
GENDERBASED BIAS AND DISCRIMINATION | 329 |
Persistent Gender Bias in Personnel Decisions | 338 |
MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL MOBILITY | 347 |
The Advancement of Women in PostSecondary | 354 |
Resistance in the Workplace | 367 |
Issues Emerging from the Intersection of Work and Family | 383 |
Gender Segregation of Housework | 391 |
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Employment and Child Care | 404 |
Maternal Working Conditions Childcare and Cognition | 413 |
Maternal Working Conditions and Childrens | 419 |
Womens LaborForce Participation in Advanced | 431 |
Gender Inequality in LaborForce Participation across Nations | 437 |
WOMEN IN ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES | 445 |
Immigrant Women and Work | 453 |
Women in East Germany | 460 |
Occupational Sex Segregation in New Zealand 1971 1976 1981 | 466 |
Womens Earnings in Israel | 475 |
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African Women in Economic Development | 487 |
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Palestinian Women in the IsraeliOccupied West Bank and Gaza Strip | 502 |
Contributors | 511 |
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Author Index | 539 |
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Women and Work: A Handbook Sonia Carreon,Amy Cassedy,Kathryn Borman,Paula J. Dubeck Limited preview - 2013 |
Women and Work: A Handbook Sonia Carreon,Amy Cassedy,Kathryn Borman,Paula J. Dubeck Limited preview - 2013 |