Opting out? : why women really quit careers and head home

Opting out? why women really quit careers and head home

Noting a phenomenon that might seem to recall a previous era, The New York Times Magazine recently portrayed women who leave their careers in order to become full-time mothers as "opting out." But, are high-achieving professional women really choosing to abandon their careers in order to r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stone, Pamela (-)
Other Authors: Cronin, Pamela
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press 2007.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Stay-at-home mothers.
Work and family.
Choice (Psychology)
Life change events.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798063006719
Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Dream Team
  • 2. Family Matters
  • 3. Home Alone
  • 4. Gilded Cages
  • 5. The Choice Gap
  • 6. Half-Full, Half-Empty
  • 7. Mothers Of Re-Invention
  • 8. Cocooning: The Drift To Domesticity
  • 9. Dreams And Visions: Getting There
  • Appendix. Study Methodology
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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