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The Experience and Meaning of Work in Women's Lives book cover

1st Edition

The Experience and Meaning of Work in Women's Lives

Edited By Hildreth Y. Grossman, Nia Lane Chester Copyright 1990
296 Pages
by Psychology Press
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In the past, social scientists have relied predominantly on traditional models of work to understand women's experiences. These models, however, have been based on men's occupational experiences, which have been assumed to be the same for women. More recently, researchers and theorists from a variety of disciplines have begun to challenge earlier assumptions as inaccurate reflections of the... Read more
Contents: N.L. Chester, H.Y. Grossman, Introduction: Learning About Women and Their Work Through Their Own Accounts. H.Y. Grossman, A.J. Stewart, Women's Experience of Power Over Others: Case Studies of Psychotherapists and Professors. V.E. O'Leary, J. Ickovics, Women Supporting Women: Secretaries and Their Bosses. H.Y. Grossman, The Pregnant Therapist: Professional and Personal Worlds Intertwine. N.L.Chester, Achievement Motivation and Employment Decisions: Portraits of Women With Young Children. J.B. James, Women's Employment Patterns and Midlife Well-Being. F.J. Crosby, Divorce and Work Life Among Women Managers. J. Richter, Crossing Boundaries Between Professional and Private Life. C.T. Gilkes, "Liberated to Work Like Dogs!": Labeling Black Women and Their Work. D. T. Schuster, Work, Relationships, and Balance in the Lives of Gifted Women. C. Tomlinson-Keasey, The Working Lives of Terman's Gifted Women. J.R. Schroedel, Blue-Collar Women: Paying the Price at Home on the Job. A.J. Stewart, Discovering the Meanings of Work.

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Hildreth Y. Grossman, Nia Lane Chester

"Hildreth Grossman and Abigail Stewart, for example, succeed in illuminating both (anticipated) negative and (unexpected) positive feelings that therapists and professors have about their power..."
—Signs

"...the chapters contain important new information on working women's experiences....this excellent book represents a successful attempt to provide information on an aspect of women's lives that has been ignored by social scientists -- women's subjective experience of work....it provides an invaluable resource to scholars who are pursuing issues concerning working women. Moreover, the authors incorporate case histories and selections from their interviews, making this engaging reading."
—Teachers College Record

"...an important contribution to a growing area of research...this volume opens a creative and provocative dialogue on the subject of women and work."
—Contemporary Psychology

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