TY  - GEN
T1  - Opting out? : why women really quit careers and head home
A1  - Stone, Pamela, 1950-
LA  - English
PP  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
YR  - 2007
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn145732308
AB  - 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
OP  - 295
CN  - HQ759.46 .S86 2007eb
SN  - 9780520941793
SN  - 0520941799
SN  - 9781429478076
SN  - 1429478071
SN  - 9780520244351
SN  - 0520244354
SN  - 9780520256576
SN  - 0520256573
SN  - 1282360620
SN  - 9781282360624
KW  - Stay-at-home mothers.
KW  - Work and family.
KW  - Choice (Psychology)
KW  - Life change events.
KW  - Choice Behavior
KW  - Life Change Events
KW  - Mères au foyer.
KW  - Travail et familles.
KW  - Choix (Psychologie)
KW  - Événements stressants de la vie.
KW  - FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS : Parenting : Motherhood.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Sociology : General.
KW  - Life change events
KW  - Stay-at-home mothers
KW  - Work and family
ER  -