What women want from work
Subtitle: gender and occupational choice in the 21st century
By: Ruth Woodfield
Series: York studies on women and men
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Basingstoke; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780230549227
Subjects: Women -- Employment -- Case studies; Women in the professions -- Case studies; Women -- Vocational guidance -- Case studies; Women -- Promotions -- Case studies; Sexual division of labor -- Case studies; Sex discrimination in employment -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-242) and index
Table of contents: title: Gender and occupational segregation : setting the scene; title: Accounting for occupational segregation : the perspective of girls and women; title: Women and non-traditional work : a case study of fire fighting; title: Women and 'traditional' work : a case study of teaching; title: Women and career progression : ambition, success and choice; title: Gender as vocation : a sociology of choice