What Women Want from Work

Gender and Occupational Choice in the 21st Century
2007. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-230-54922-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 143 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 435 g

Reihe: Women's Studies at York Series

Are current patterns within women's occupations a function of external limitations on initial ambitions, or do women simply prefer distinct types of work? Including case studies of fire fighting and teaching, this book offers a qualitative exploration of girls' and women's reported journeys towards their work choices.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woodfield, R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Gender and Occupational Segregation - Setting the Scene Accounting for Occupational Segregation - The Perspective of Girls and Women Women and Non-Traditional Work: A Case Study of Fire Fighting Women and 'Traditional' Work: A Case Study of Teaching Women and Career Progression: Ambition, Success and Choice Gender as Vocation: A Sociology of Choice Conclusion Index

Über Autor(innen)

RUTH WOODFIELD is Reader in Sociology at the University of Sussex, UK. She is the author of .