Women's employment and homemaking careers : a lifespan perspective / Cherlyn Skromme Granrose (Berry College, USA)

Englisch

Cheltenham, U.K ; Northampton, Mass, USA : Edward Elgar, 2010

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Chronicling the lives and career choices of a dynamic group of women, this book provides a comprehensive and unique glimpse into the intricate balance of work and family. Womens Employment and Homemaking Careers is based on three surveys, the first conducted while the women were attending university, and the second and third conducted one and two decades later. The surveys provide quantitative data that supplements the qualitative material gained from final interviews conducted at the end of the 25 year longitudinal study. The book is based on two comparisons the first examines how women change in the quarter century following university and the second compares the lifestyle choices of career women, homemakers, part-time employees and entrepreneurs and uses those comparisons to build in-depth analyses of the pivotal importance of womens employment and family decisions. Cherlyn Granrose interprets her findings using lifespan development, decision-making and gender role theories, and then outlines lessons for women, their counselors and employers as well as for other scholars. Women learn there are many different means by which to create satisfying family and working lives; employers learn the importance of positive supervision and flexible family support policies; and scholars learn the necessity of using multiple methods and perspectives to understand the complexity of modern womens lives.

Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe- Granrose, Cherlyn S. *1942-*: Women's employment and homemaking careers. - Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, 2010. - XII, 195 S.

978-1-84980-673-2 (e-book)

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-1-84720-354-0 (Druckausgabe) hardback

DOI: 10.4337/9781849806732

*USA / Frau / Beschäftigung

*Women -- Employment -- United States ; Housewives -- United States

*Electronic books

Weibliche Arbeitskräfte / Erwerbsverlauf / USA

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: HD6095

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 331.4;

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: MS 2050: MN-MS Soziologie / MS Spezielle Soziologien / MS 1900-MS 2050 Familiensoziologie / Einzelfragen (Haushaltung etc.)

pt. I. Background -- pt. II. Career patterns : stories and explanations -- pt. III. Conclusions and lessons.

Chronicling the lives and career choices of a dynamic group of women, this book provides a comprehensive and unique glimpse into the intricate balance of work and family. Women's Employment and Homemaking Careers is based on three surveys, the first conducted while the women were attending university, and the second and third conducted one and two decades later. The surveys provide quantitative data that supplements the qualitative material gained from final interviews conducted at the end of the 25 year longitudinal study