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Collapsing careers : how the workplace short-changes mothers, Joanna Grigg

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At a time when sexual equality is taken for granted, it comes as a shock to mothers returning to the workplace to find that 'equality' means different things to different employers. Yet, demographics dictate that in most developing nations, the mature worker's skills are more essential than ever in keeping the economy afloat. What will it take to alert governments, employers and women themselves to the fundamental injustice of societies that assert that women can have it all yet disallow most from returning in equal terms to the workplace? What will it take to put this right?
Language
eng
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Extent
1 online resource (ix, 277 pages)
Contents
  • Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 -- How Jobs Happened; How the 'developed world' developed jobs for women; From chattels to chairs: birthing chairs to boardroom chairs; The rise of the service economy; How we're adapting; Moles in high places; 2 -- Welcome to Work; The place where equality goes wrong; Flexibility; 'Please have more children'3; The pay gap; Who wants the money anyway?; The glass and concrete ceilings; Across Europe; All this change: what has it meant?; 3 -- Unjust Governments; Would you bring up a family and work as an MP?; Making change
  • What women think governments need to doWelfare states worldwide and how they affect women in work; Sponsored babies; Back to the chopping board; 4 -- Unjust Perceptions of Mothers; Employers' perceptions of mothers; Cultural norms; Employers talking; Women as employers; Good employers; How colleagues see working mothers; Our partner's perceptions and predicament; Young women's perceptions and expectations; And so ...?; 5 -- What Mothers Have to Offer; Male and female; Women at the top; What mothers bring; 6 -- Is it Worth the Fight?; The personal costs of working as well as having children
  • So don't have kidsWhat working parents do to children; What working does to a marriage; The financial cost of having children; Postponing children; The costs of going back after a break; 7 -- How to Balance Your Life; The place where equality goes wrong; Choosing a partner; Get educated -- in the right thing; Limit your family; Set the domestic agenda; Set your skills agenda; Get a community; Try different ways of working; The parenting timeline; Regrets; 8 -- What's Next?; How work's still changing; How demographics are forcing change; Demographics and the 'quantity' of skills; Manufacturing
  • The changing nature of skills -- a transforming workforceFamily-friendly employers and what we think of our work; But how many of us will they help? The not-for-profit sector; How families are changing; Sandwich bars; How we're changing; A revised social structure; The future; 9 -- Changing the World; What they want for us; Creating a personal 'Plan C' -- the way our minds work; The way we act at home; The way we act at work; The way we're supported; Emotional postscripts; The 'F'-word; Appendix; Legislative and support structure for parents in the UK, February 2007
  • Legislative and support structure for parents in the US, April 2007Legislative and support structure for parents in Australia, April 2007; Endnotes; About the Author
Isbn
9781848396326
Instance
Label
Collapsing careers : how the workplace short-changes mothers
Title
Collapsing careers
Title remainder
how the workplace short-changes mothers
Statement of responsibility
Joanna Grigg
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
At a time when sexual equality is taken for granted, it comes as a shock to mothers returning to the workplace to find that 'equality' means different things to different employers. Yet, demographics dictate that in most developing nations, the mature worker's skills are more essential than ever in keeping the economy afloat. What will it take to alert governments, employers and women themselves to the fundamental injustice of societies that assert that women can have it all yet disallow most from returning in equal terms to the workplace? What will it take to put this right?
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Grigg, Joanna
Dewey number
331.440941
Index
no index present
LC call number
HD6137
LC item number
.G75 2007eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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  • Mothers
  • Sex discrimination in employment
  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • Mothers
  • Sex discrimination in employment
  • Great Britain
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Collapsing careers : how the workplace short-changes mothers, Joanna Grigg
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multicolored
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Contents
  • Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 -- How Jobs Happened; How the 'developed world' developed jobs for women; From chattels to chairs: birthing chairs to boardroom chairs; The rise of the service economy; How we're adapting; Moles in high places; 2 -- Welcome to Work; The place where equality goes wrong; Flexibility; 'Please have more children'3; The pay gap; Who wants the money anyway?; The glass and concrete ceilings; Across Europe; All this change: what has it meant?; 3 -- Unjust Governments; Would you bring up a family and work as an MP?; Making change
  • What women think governments need to doWelfare states worldwide and how they affect women in work; Sponsored babies; Back to the chopping board; 4 -- Unjust Perceptions of Mothers; Employers' perceptions of mothers; Cultural norms; Employers talking; Women as employers; Good employers; How colleagues see working mothers; Our partner's perceptions and predicament; Young women's perceptions and expectations; And so ...?; 5 -- What Mothers Have to Offer; Male and female; Women at the top; What mothers bring; 6 -- Is it Worth the Fight?; The personal costs of working as well as having children
  • So don't have kidsWhat working parents do to children; What working does to a marriage; The financial cost of having children; Postponing children; The costs of going back after a break; 7 -- How to Balance Your Life; The place where equality goes wrong; Choosing a partner; Get educated -- in the right thing; Limit your family; Set the domestic agenda; Set your skills agenda; Get a community; Try different ways of working; The parenting timeline; Regrets; 8 -- What's Next?; How work's still changing; How demographics are forcing change; Demographics and the 'quantity' of skills; Manufacturing
  • The changing nature of skills -- a transforming workforceFamily-friendly employers and what we think of our work; But how many of us will they help? The not-for-profit sector; How families are changing; Sandwich bars; How we're changing; A revised social structure; The future; 9 -- Changing the World; What they want for us; Creating a personal 'Plan C' -- the way our minds work; The way we act at home; The way we act at work; The way we're supported; Emotional postscripts; The 'F'-word; Appendix; Legislative and support structure for parents in the UK, February 2007
  • Legislative and support structure for parents in the US, April 2007Legislative and support structure for parents in Australia, April 2007; Endnotes; About the Author
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9781848396326
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Collapsing careers : how the workplace short-changes mothers, Joanna Grigg
Publication
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unknown
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online resource
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cr
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txt
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rdacontent
Contents
  • Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 -- How Jobs Happened; How the 'developed world' developed jobs for women; From chattels to chairs: birthing chairs to boardroom chairs; The rise of the service economy; How we're adapting; Moles in high places; 2 -- Welcome to Work; The place where equality goes wrong; Flexibility; 'Please have more children'3; The pay gap; Who wants the money anyway?; The glass and concrete ceilings; Across Europe; All this change: what has it meant?; 3 -- Unjust Governments; Would you bring up a family and work as an MP?; Making change
  • What women think governments need to doWelfare states worldwide and how they affect women in work; Sponsored babies; Back to the chopping board; 4 -- Unjust Perceptions of Mothers; Employers' perceptions of mothers; Cultural norms; Employers talking; Women as employers; Good employers; How colleagues see working mothers; Our partner's perceptions and predicament; Young women's perceptions and expectations; And so ...?; 5 -- What Mothers Have to Offer; Male and female; Women at the top; What mothers bring; 6 -- Is it Worth the Fight?; The personal costs of working as well as having children
  • So don't have kidsWhat working parents do to children; What working does to a marriage; The financial cost of having children; Postponing children; The costs of going back after a break; 7 -- How to Balance Your Life; The place where equality goes wrong; Choosing a partner; Get educated -- in the right thing; Limit your family; Set the domestic agenda; Set your skills agenda; Get a community; Try different ways of working; The parenting timeline; Regrets; 8 -- What's Next?; How work's still changing; How demographics are forcing change; Demographics and the 'quantity' of skills; Manufacturing
  • The changing nature of skills -- a transforming workforceFamily-friendly employers and what we think of our work; But how many of us will they help? The not-for-profit sector; How families are changing; Sandwich bars; How we're changing; A revised social structure; The future; 9 -- Changing the World; What they want for us; Creating a personal 'Plan C' -- the way our minds work; The way we act at home; The way we act at work; The way we're supported; Emotional postscripts; The 'F'-word; Appendix; Legislative and support structure for parents in the UK, February 2007
  • Legislative and support structure for parents in the US, April 2007Legislative and support structure for parents in Australia, April 2007; Endnotes; About the Author
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244449305
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (ix, 277 pages)
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unknown
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Isbn
9781848396326
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unknown
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computer
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rdamedia
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