1st Edition

Gender And Work In Today's World A Reader

By Nancy Sacks, Catherine Marrone Copyright 2004
    472 Pages
    by Routledge

    472 Pages
    by Routledge

    Promoting gender equality through balanced analysis of both sexes, Gender and work in Today's World: A Reader explores the experiences of both men and women in the work force, focussing especially on gender-non-traditional jobs (i.e. men as nursed and women in the police force) and non-traditional work structures (i.e. Part-time,temporary, and odd-hour work), work over the life course, and sexual harassment.

    Part I Women at Work -- Part II Men at Work -- Part III Women and Men in Nontraditional jobs -- Part IV Nontraditional Work Structures -- Part V Gender Matters -- Part VI Problems on the job -- Part VII Work/Home conflict: Time and Domestic Labor -- Part VIII The Parent trap -- Part IX Work over the life course -- Bibliography -- Index.

    Biography

    Sacks, Nancy | Marrone, Catherine