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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bristol ; Chicago, IL : Bristol University Press, 2018Copyright date: �2018Description: 1 online resource (x, 221 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781529202045
  • 1529202043
  • 9781529202069
  • 152920206X
  • 9781529202076
  • 1529202078
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 306.3/6 23
LOC classification:
  • HD6053 .Y68 2018
Online resources:
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
Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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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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