Women's work : how mothers manage flexible working in careers and family life /

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This book is the first to go inside women's work and family lives in a year of working flexibly. The private labours of going part-time, job sharing, and home working are brought to life with vivid personal stories, concluding that there is an opportunity to make employment and family life work...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Young, Zoe (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol ; Chicago, IL : Bristol University Press, 2018.
Series:Policy Press scholarship online.
Subjects:
Women > Employment.
Work and family.
Working mothers.
Travail et familles.
Mères au travail.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
Women > Employment
Work and family
Working mothers
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; WOMEN'S WORK; Contents; Preface; 1. Women in the Middle; Emma's story; Modern motherhood; Time and work-life balance; Maternal employment; Flexible working policy and practice; Introducing women in the middle; Structure of this book; 2. Choosing Flexibility; Chapter themes; Anna's choice; Dynamics of choice, preference and agency; Conclusions; 3. Seeking Balance; Chapter themes; Seeking balance; Narrating intentions; Resolving work-life conflict; Protecting careers; Expanding careers; Conclusions; 4. Compromised Choices; Chapter themes; Workplace negotiations; Negotiating at home
  • Conclusions5. Doing Flexibility; Chapter themes; Converting a full-time job into a part-time job; Working more; Working from home; Managing home-work boundaries; (Job)-sharing the load; Conclusions; 6. Feeling Flexibility; Chapter themes; Quiet responsibility; Extended emotional labour; Feeling unwelcome at work; Tired bodies and charged emotions; Conclusions; 7. Stresses and Successes; Chapter themes; Work intensity; Fine tuning; Stagnant roles; Opting out; Domestic discontent; Practices of resistance; Conclusions; 8. Making Motherhood, Careers and Flexibility Work
  • Motherhood, careers and balanceChoosing part-time and flexible work; Doing part-time and flexible work; The transformational potential of flexible working; Implications for policy and practice; Implications for gender equality; Closing remarks; Appendices; Appendix 1: Women's characteristics and circumstances; Appendix 2: Note on methodology; Bibliography; Index

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