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Women's Work : How Mothers Manage Flexible Working in Careers and Family Life /
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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago, IL :
Bristol University Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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 | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 | |
| 520 | |a 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 better together. | ||
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