Reviews
"This anthology is accessible and informative, underscoring a number of critical issues germane to how women participate in and experience the workforce. Its interdisciplinarity allows for a more comprehensive examination of the issues and ideas discussed."--Karen Flynn,University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign "All the articles are interesting, enlightening, and insightful. The concise and engaging openings use rhetorical questions, personal experiences, and accessible references to research findings, everyday examples, and popular culture to ease students into each unit and help them begin thinking about the concepts/issues to be discussed."--Carla Harrell,Old Dominion University, "This anthology is accessible and informative, underscoring a number of critical issues germane to how women participate in and experience the workforce. Its interdisciplinarity allows for a more comprehensive examination of the issues and ideas discussed."--Karen Flynn, University of Illinoisat Urbana-Champaign, "This anthology is accessible and informative, underscoring a number of critical issues germane to how women participate in and experience the workforce. Its interdisciplinarity allows for a more comprehensive examination of the issues and ideas discussed."--Karen Flynn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "All the articles are interesting, enlightening, and insightful. The concise and engaging openings use rhetorical questions, personal experiences, and accessible references to research findings, everyday examples, and popular culture to ease students into each unit and help them begin thinking about the concepts/issues to be discussed."--Carla Harrell, Old Dominion University, "All the articles are interesting, enlightening, and insightful. The concise and engaging openings use rhetorical questions, personal experiences, and accessible references to research findings, everyday examples, and popular culture to ease students into each unit and help them begin thinkingabout the concepts/issues to be discussed."--Carla Harrell, Old Dominion University, "This anthology is accessible and informative, underscoring a number of critical issues germane to how women participate in and experience the workforce. Its interdisciplinarity allows for a more comprehensive examination of the issues and ideas discussed."--Karen Flynn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"All the articles are interesting, enlightening, and insightful. The concise and engaging openings use rhetorical questions, personal experiences, and accessible references to research findings, everyday examples, and popular culture to ease students into each unit and help them begin thinking about the concepts/issues to be discussed."--Carla Harrell, Old Dominion University"This anthology is accessible and informative, underscoring a number of critical issues germane to how women participate in and experience the workforce. Its interdisciplinarity allows for a more comprehensive examination of the issues and ideas discussed."--Karen Flynn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"All the articles are interesting, enlightening, and insightful. The concise and engaging openings use rhetorical questions, personal experiences, and accessible references to research findings, everyday examples, and popular culture to ease students into each unit and help them begin thinking about the concepts/issues to be discussed."--Carla Harrell, Old Dominion University, "This anthology is accessible and informative, underscoring a number of critical issues germane to how women participate in and experience the workforce. Its interdisciplinarity allows for a more comprehensive examination of the issues and ideas discussed."--Karen Flynn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"All the articles are interesting, enlightening, and insightful. The concise and engaging openings use rhetorical questions, personal experiences, and accessible references to research findings, everyday examples, and popular culture to ease students into each unit and help them begin thinking about the concepts/issues to be discussed."--Carla Harrell, Old Dominion University
Table of Content
* New to the third edition, Each unit begins with an Introduction.Introduction to the Study of Women and Work, Paula Dubeck and Dana DunnUnit One: Becoming Workers: Girls' Socialization for Employment1. Parental Influence and Women's Careers, Sue Joan Mendelson Freeman2. Shortchanging Girls: Gender Socialization in Schools, Peggy Orenstein (in association with the American Association of University Women)*3. Gender and Career Choice Process: The Role of Biased Self-Assessment, Shelly J. CorrellUnit Two: Workplace Inequality: Gendered Structures and Their Consequences*4. Women's Employment Among Blacks, Whites, and Three Groups of Latinas: Do More Privileged Women Have Higher Employment? Paula England, Carmen Garcia-Beaulieu, and Mary Ross5. Gendered Jobs and Gendered Workers, Christine L. Williams6. Sex Segregation in the Workplace, Barbara F. Reskin*7. The Penny Pinch, Christine Larson8. Women, Men, and Management Styles, Marie-Therese Claes9. The Glass Ceiling, The Federal Glass Ceiling Commission*10. Gender Gap in the Executive Suite: CEOs and Female Executives Report on Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Belle Rose Ragins, Bickley Townsend, and Mary Mattis11. The Impact of Male Work Environments and Organizational Policies on Women's Experiences of Sexual Harrassment, James E. GruberUnit Three: Work and Family: Seeking a Balance12. The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home, Arlie Russell Hochschild with Anne Machung13. The Time Bind, Arlie Russell Hochschild*14. Fast-Track Women and the "Choice" to Stay Home, Pamela Stone and Meg Lovejoy*15. Family and Career Trajectories Among African American Female Attorneys, Mary Blair-Loy and Gretchen DeHart*16. The Work-Home Crunch, Kathleen Gerson and Jerry A. JacobsUnit Four: Women Workers Across the Spectrum17. Race, Class, Gender, and Women's Works: A Conceptual Framework, Teresa L. Amott and Julie A. Matthaei*18. Negotiating Identity in Raced and Gendered Workplace Interactions: The Use of Strategic Communication by African American Women Senior Executives Within Dominant Cultural Organizations, Patricia S. Parker*19. Selling Women Short: A Research Note on Gender Differences in Compensation on Wall Street, Louise Marie Roth*20. Voces Abriendo Caminos (Voices Forging Paths): A Qualitative Study of the Career Development of Notable Latinas, Marie J. Gomez, Ruth E. Fassinger, Joann Prosser, Kathleen Cooke, Brenda Mejia, and Jeanette Luna21. Gender and the Formation of a Women's Profession: The Case of Public School Teaching, Jo Anne Preston22. "Outsider Within" the Firehouse: Subordination and Difference in the Social Interactions of African American Women Firefighters, Janice D. Yoder and Patricia Aniakudo23. Police Force or Police Service: Gender and Emotional Labor, Susan Ehrlich Martin24. "Hey, Why Don't You Wear a Shorter Skirt?": Structural Vulnerability and the Organization of Sexual Harrassment in Temporary Clerical Employment, Jackie Krasas Rogers and Kevin D. Henson*25. The Managed Hand: The Commercialization of Bodies and Emotions in Korean Immigrant-Owned Nail Salons, Miliann Kang26. Chicanas Modernize Domestic Service, Mary RomeroUnit Five: Policy and Assessment*27. Are We There Yet?: Reflections on Work and Family as an Emergent Social Issue, Paula J. Dubeck*28. Kaleidoscope Careers: An Alternative Explanation for the "Opt-Out" Revolution, Lisa A. Mainiero and Sherry E. Sullivan29. Job Leaves and the Limits of the Family and Medical Leave Act: The Effects of Gender, Race, and Family, Naomi Gerstel and Katherine McGonagle*30. Blessing or Curse? Work-Family Policies and Mothers' Wage Growth Over Time, Jennifer GlassAppendix I2004 Salary Survey from NAFEAppendix IIData and Information on Women's Labor Force ParticipationCharts on Earnings for Full-Time Wage and Salary WorkersThe Wage GapMothers in the Labor Force
