Conceptualising Women's Working Lives : Moving the Boundaries of Discourse.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (218 pages)
- Career Development Series ; v.5 .
- Career Development Series .
Intro -- Conceptualising Women's Working Lives: Moving the Boundaries of Discourse -- DEDICATION -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- Author Biographies -- Part 1: Challenge and Change -- 1. Understanding Women's Working Lives -- 2. Expanding the Discourse: A Dual Model of Working for Women's (and Men's) Lives -- 3. A Relational Cultural Paradigm as a Theoretical Backdrop for Considering Women's Work -- 4. Patterns and Paradoxes in Women's Careers -- Part 2: Transitions and Life Stages -- 5. Workable Solutions: The Intersubjective Careers of Women with Families -- 6. Midlife Career Transitions for Women -- 7. Older Women's Careers: Systemic Perspectives -- Part 3: Specific Fields -- 8. A Social Constructionist Perspective of Women's Career Development: A Study of Professional Women in Sri Lanka -- 9. Australian Women in the Academy: Challenges and Aspirations -- 10. Women's Aspirations Towards "STEM" Careers: A Motivational Analysis -- 11. Changing the Discourse of Women's Work: Challenges and Future Directions -- Subject index.
This is the fifth book in the Sense Publishers Career Development Series. It features the vibrant work of contributors from around the world writing in the field of women's working lives. It emphasises the need to explore theoretical connections and understandings in order to facilitate a more holistic and inclusive understanding of women's working lives. The writers in the current volume acknowledge the changing roles of women, in both public and private spheres.