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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Stone, Pamela, 1950- (Author)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
Acceso en liña:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=194345
Table of Contents:
  • The dream team
  • Family matters
  • Home alone
  • Gilded cages
  • The choice gap
  • Half-full, half-empty
  • Mothers of re-invention
  • Cocooning: the drift to domesticity
  • Dreams and visions: getting there
  • Appendix. Study methodology.