Opting out? : why women really quit careers and head home /

Noting a phenomenon that might seem to recall a previous era, The New York Times Magazine recently portrayed women who leave their careers in order to become full-time mothers as "opting out." But, are high-achieving professional women really choosing to abandon their careers in order to r...

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Huvudupphovsman: Stone, Pamela, 1950- (Författare, medförfattare)
Materialtyp: Licensed eBooks
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
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Sammanfattning:Noting a phenomenon that might seem to recall a previous era, The New York Times Magazine recently portrayed women who leave their careers in order to become full-time mothers as "opting out." But, are high-achieving professional women really choosing to abandon their careers in order to return home? This provocative study is the first to tackle this issue from the perspective of the women themselves. Based on a series of candid, in-depth interviews with women who returned home after working as doctors, lawyers, bankers, scientists, and other professions, Pamela Stone explores the role that th
Fysisk beskrivning:1 online resource (xviii, 295 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and index.
ISBN:9780520941793
0520941799
9781429478076
1429478071
9780520244351
0520244354
9780520256576
0520256573
1282360620
9781282360624