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Women's Work

Zoe Young
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  • ISBN 9781529202021
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 12 Sep 2018
  • Publisher: Bristol University Press
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

Shortlisted for the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2019.

What’s it really like to be a mother with a career working flexibly?

Drawing on over 100 hours of interview data, this book is the first to go inside women’s work and family lives in a year of working flexibly.

The private labours of going part-time, job sharing, and home working are brought to life with vivid personal stories.

Taking a sociological and feminist perspective, it explores contemporary motherhood, work-life balance, emotional work in families, couples and housework, maternity transitions, interactions with employers, work design and workplace cultures, and employment policies.

It concludes that there is an opportunity to make employment and family life work better together and offers unique insights from women’s lived experiences on how to do it.
About Zoe Young
Zoe Young is an organisational sociologist, writer and consultant. She researches gender, work and organisation with a particular focus on women in leadership and management. Zoe founded the consultancy Half the Sky to put research into practice and make an impact on equality. Her PhD is from the University of Sussex.

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