Like mother, like daughter? : how career women influence their daughters' ambition /

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Women are encouraged to believe that they can occupy top jobs in society by the example of other women thriving in their careers. This book shows that having a mother as a role model does not predict daughters progressing in their own careers. It offers a timely and original perspective on the debat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Armstrong, Jill (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2017.
Temas:
Working mothers.
Children of working mothers.
Mother and child.
Mother-Child Relations
Mères au travail.
Enfants de mères au travail.
Mère et enfant.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER?
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • Preface
  • 1. Mothers, daughters and careers
  • Chapter themes
  • Mothers as career mentors and role models?
  • Generations
  • Generations of gender progress at work
  • Underrepresentation of women in senior roles
  • Introducing successful career women and their daughters
  • Outline of the rest of the book
  • 2. Well-mothered daughters?
  • Chapter themes
  • The world in which the mothersâ#x80;#x99; generation worked
  • Work-life conflict and maternal guilt
  • Gender identity, motherhood and work
  • Identities as mothers and workersAttitudes to managing motherhood and work
  • Was there talk about the effect of working?
  • Mothers on the effect of working on their daughters
  • How mothers mitigated the effect of working
  • Daughtersâ#x80;#x99; stories on the effect of working
  • Conclusions
  • 3. A backlash against the way their mothers worked?
  • Chapter themes
  • Women should work â#x80;#x93; but not too much
  • Intergenerational transmission and working hours
  • Working hours and stress in professional jobs
  • Are mothersâ#x80;#x99; longer working hours detrimental to children?
  • Daughters who disliked their mothers working hours â#x80;#x93; their explanationDaughters emulating their mothersâ#x80;#x99; working hours
  • Conclusions
  • 4. Career choice: like mother, like daughter
  • Chapter themes
  • Standing on their mothersâ#x80;#x99; shoulders
  • Educational attainment
  • Role modelling the expectation of a career
  • â#x80;#x9C;My mother was my main influenceâ#x80;#x9D;: how daughters characterise their mothersâ#x80;#x99; influence
  • How mothers characterised their influence
  • Other influences
  • Conclusions
  • 5. Quiet ambition
  • Chapter themes
  • Do women aim for the top?
  • The confidence gap becomes an ambition gapWorkplace culture
  • Womenâ#x80;#x99;s view of success
  • Work talk
  • How mothers talked about ambition and success
  • How daughters talk about ambition and success
  • Explaining quiet ambition
  • Clear ambition
  • The father factor
  • Conclusions
  • 6. Daughtersâ#x80;#x99; aspirations for working motherhood
  • Chapter themes
  • Gender identity and the anticipation of motherhood
  • The notion of â#x80;#x98;choiceâ#x80;#x99; about working motherhood
  • Contemporary cultural scripts of motherhood
  • Complexity of drivers of decisions about working hoursChoosing a career with motherhood in mind
  • â#x80;#x98;The best of both worldsâ#x80;#x99;
  • Contemporary motherhood culture
  • Conclusions
  • 7. Working motherhood across generations
  • Chapter themes
  • Historical, biographical and generational time
  • Maternal time
  • Work and time
  • Daughters before children: the mothersâ#x80;#x99; influence over their daughterâ#x80;#x99;s work/family aspirations
  • â#x80;#x98;Daughter mothersâ#x80;#x99;: the grandmothersâ#x80;#x99; influence over their work/family choices
  • Gains and losses of contemporary motherhood

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