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- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Origins of the Handbook
- Contents of the Volume
- Final Thoughts
- Section I Women’s Labor-Force Participation in the U.S. Patterns and Issues
- General Patterns of Employment/Unemployment
- Women’s Changing Labor-Force Participation in the U.S.
- Bibliography
- Women and Part-Time Work
- Trends in Part-Time Labor
- Differences According to Work Status
- Part-Time Work as an Occupational Choice
- Consequences and Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Self-Employed Women in the United States
- Self-Employment and Family Responsibilities
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Working-Class Women and Work
- Bibliography
- Young Women at Work
- Bibliography
- Women and Unemployment in the U.S.
- Bibliography
- Women and Retirement in the U.S.
- Bibliography
- Women in the U.S. Labor Movement
- Bibliography
- Women’s Status in American Labor Unions
- The History of Women’s Membership and Representation in Unions
- Union Policies Support for Legislation and Collective Bargaining
- Bibliography
- Intersection of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Work
- African-American Women and Work
- Labor-Force Participation of African-American Women
- Occupational Changes
- Bibliography
- Latinas in the U.S. Labor Force
- Bibliography
- Immigrant Women in the U.S. and Work
- Bibliography
- Domestic Workers and Their Employers
- Bibliography
- Appalachian Women and Work
- Bibliography
- Greek Ethnic Women in the U.S.
- The Early Immigrants: The Pioneers
- The Later Migrants
- Native-Born Greek Ethnic Women
- Bibliography
- Women and Work in the South after the Civil War
- Bibliography
- Women in the Civil Rights Movement
- Bibliography
- Economic Aspects of Women’s Labor-Force Participation
- Gender and Earnings
- Bibliography
- Income Inequality
- Bibliography
- Occupational Skill, Gender, and Earnings
- Gender Differences in Demands for Occupational Skill
- Social/Nurturant Skill and Earnings
- Percentage of Female Workers and Earnings
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Gender and Race Impacts on Occupational Segregation, Prestige, and Earnings
- Bibliography
- Comparable Worth and the Labor Market
- Bibliography
- Gender-Related Differences in Pension Coverage
- Bibliography
- Income Possession in Couples
- Bibliography
- Economics of Housework
- Bibliography
- Gender-Based Division of Labor in the U.S.
- Occupational Sex-Typing
- Bibliography
- Sex Type and Prestige of Occupations
- Bibliography
- Gender-Segregated Occupations
- Bibliography
- Sex Segregation in the Workplace
- Bibliography
- Full-Time Homemaker as Unpaid Laborer
- Bibliography
- Section II Approaches to Analyzing Women and Work
- The Measure of Female Labor-Force Attachment
- Bibliography
- Geographic Aspects of Women and Work
- Bibliography
- Human Capital Theory
- Bibliography
- The Interdependence of Housework and Paid Work
- Household Labor
- Household Labor Time and Paid Labor Time
- Household Labor Time and Earnings
- Integrating Paid and Unpaid Labor
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- The Sex Segregation of Occupations: Structural Approaches
- Bibliography
- Dimensions of Sex Segregation in the Workplace
- Bibliography
- Women in the Professions: Assessing Progress
- A Conceptual Overview of the Professions
- Women’s Labor within Some Dimensions of Professional Activity
- Ironic Outcomes and Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Sex Stereotypes: An Underlying Dimension
- Bibliography
- Women’s Adult Development
- Bibliography
- Integrated Women: A Conceptual Framework
- Bibliography
- Flexible Conceptual Style: Its Implications for Cultural Redefinition
- Bibliography
- Section III Women in Diverse Occupations
- Overview of Women’s Occupational Diversity
- Women in High-Status, Nontraditional Occupations
- Problems Experienced by Women in High-Status, Nontraditional Occupations
- Understanding Such Unique Issues for Women in High-Status, Nontraditional Positions
- Bibliography
- Gender and the Scientific Professions
- Summary
- Bibliography
- Women in the Service Occupation Sector
- Bibliography
- Women in Blue-Collar Occupations
- History
- Explanations of Women’s Under-Representation
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Women in Science and Medicine
- Women Physicians
- Women’s Distribution in Medicine
- Practice Structures and Work Patterns
- Discrimination against Women Doctors
- Professional Orientations and Values
- Personal-Life Values
- Recent Developments
- Bibliography
- Women in Science
- Bibliography
- Women In Diverse Occupations
- Bibliography
- Midwives
- American Midwifery, 1650 to 1930
- Contemporary Midwifery in the United States
- Bibliography
- Health-Care Professionals
- Bibliography
- Women in Education
- Women in Academia
- Women’s Representation in Academia
- Gendered Divisions of Labor
- Women’s Research Productivity
- Scholarship by and about Women
- Bibliography
- Women of Color in Academe
- An Overview of Women of Color in Academe
- Barriers Faced by Women of Color in Academe
- Structural Barriers
- Sociocultural Barriers
- Personal and Psychological Barriers
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Women as Teachers: A Historical Perspective (1830–1990)
- Bibliography
- Women in the K-12 Public School Superintendency
- Bibliography
- Women in Other Professions
- Women Clergy
- Bibliography
- American Catholic Sisters
- Bibliography
- Women in Journalism
- Bibliography
- Women in Broadcasting
- Bibliography
- Women in Law
- Bibliography
- Women in Organizational Communications and Public Relations
- Issues Women Face
- Bibliography
- Women in Public Accounting
- World War II: Reluctant Acceptance
- The Postwar Years: Prejudices Remain
- 1960 to 1970: Legislation and Discrimination
- 1970 to 1990: Greater Acceptance
- Future Trends and Challenges
- Bibliography
- Women in Other Occupations
- Women Entrepreneurs
- Bibliography
- Women in the Military (1890-1990)
- Bibliography
- Women Office Workers
- Bibliography
- Women in Factory Work
- Bibliography
- Women in the Garment Industry
- Historical Development of the Garment Industry
- Internal Organization of the Industry
- Labor Organizations
- Internationalization of Capital and Labor
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Prostitution
- Bibliography
- Section IV Factors Influencing Career and Occupational Choice
- White Women’s Higher Education: Coeducation and Gender Role Expectations, 1870-1890
- Bibliography
- Gender Ideology in Early-Twentieth-Century Black Educational Reform
- Bibliography
- Contemporary College Women’s Career Plans
- Bibliography
- Computer Language Effects on Educational/Career Choices of Women
- Design and Development of Computers
- Women’s Education/Employment Choices in the Information Age
- Bibliography
- Women, Work, and Religion
- Religion, Gender, and Labor-Force Participation
- Bibliography
- Role Models and Occupational Choice
- Bibliography
- Sex, Gender Stereotypes, and Work
- Sex, Gender Stereotypes, and Occupational Choice
- Sex and Job Satisfaction
- Gender Stereotypes, Sex-Typing of Work, and Job Satisfaction
- Concluding Remarks
- Bibliography
- Section V Legal Factors Affecting Women’s Work and Opportunity
- Protective Legislation in American Courts
- Bibliography
- Relevant Cases
- Women’s Work and Protective Legislation
- Bibliography
- Relevant Cases
- Women’s Rights in the Labor Market
- Bibliography
- Relevant Cases
- Affirmative Action
- Observers’ Responses to Sex-Based Selection
- Sex-Based Selection and the Beneficiary
- Counterbalancing Factors
- Bibliography
- Sexual Harassment
- Models of Sexual Harassment
- Judging Complaints of Sexual Harassment
- Victim Responses to Sexual Harassment
- Bibliography
- Sexual Harassment: Legal and Policy Issues
- Bibliography
- Relevant Cases
- Family Support Act
- Provisions of the Family Support Act
- Child Support and Establishment of Paternity
- Job Training
- Assessment
- Education and Employment Services
- Supportive Services
- Transitional Services
- Positive Aspects and Limitations of FSA for Women
- Initial Experiences and Evaluation
- Bibliography
- Job-Protected Leave For Family and Medical Reasons
- Bibliography
- Section VI Work Experiences and the Organizational Context of Work
- Women’s Work Experiences
- Gender and Orientation toward Work
- Bibliography
- Gender Differences in Work Interests
- Two Theories of Gender and Work Interests
- A Summary of Attitude Research Findings
- Work Interests and Work Behavior
- Work Orientations and Discrimination
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Women’s Work Commitment
- Bibliography
- Women and Job Satisfaction
- Job Characteristics
- Family Characteristics
- Personal Expectations
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Women’s Educational Leadership Experience
- Bibliography
- Women’s Drinking and the Workplace
- Bibliography
- Race and Sex Discrimination: A Comparison
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Sexual Harassment: Psychological and Behavioral Issues
- Bibliography
- Factors Influencing Work Performance and Effectiveness
- Computers, Gender, and Elementary-School Teaching
- Computing among Elementary-School Teachers
- Bibliography
- Male-Female Communication in the Workplace: Invisible Barriers to Upward Mobility
- The Male Managerial Model
- Male-Female Communications
- Impact of Gender-Role Stereotypes in the Workplace
- New Directions for Research on Male-Female Communications
- Bibliography
- Successful Job Search and Informal Networks
- Bibliography
- Human Resource’s Challenge: The Work-Family Interface
- Bibliography
- Gender’s Influence on Organizational Structure and Culture
- The Stratification of Women within Organizations
- Vertical and Horizontal Segregation within Organizations
- Theories Concerning Gender Segregation
- Bibliography
- Organizational Culture
- Bibliography
- Organizational Sexuality
- Bibliography
- Sexual Coercion in the Workplace
- Bibliography
- Gender-Based Bias and Discrimination
- Sex Discrimination at Work
- Bibliography
- Discrimination against Married Women
- Bibliography
- Sex Bias in Performance Evaluations
- Alternative Approaches to Understanding Sex Bias
- When Is Sex Bias Likely?
- Bibliography
- Persistent Gender Bias in Personnel Decisions
- Number of Women in the Executive Positions
- Actual Abilities and Work Behavior
- Differences in Perceptions, Subjective Evaluations, and Personnel Decisions: Attitudes toward Women
- Attributions and Evaluations of Performance of Women
- Other Decisions
- Understanding Gender Biases at Work
- Bibliography
- Gender and Workplace Dispute Resolution
- Gender Roles and Workplace Dispute Resolution
- Occupational Sex Segregation and Workplace Dispute Resolution
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Management and Organizational Mobility
- Academic Mentors as Gatekeepers
- Definition of Mentoring
- Mentoring as a Selective Process
- Effects of Mentoring
- Bibliography
- Influences on Women’s Managerial Advancement
- The Work Environment: Development
- The Work Environment: Structure
- Work-Relevant Experiences
- The Home Environment
- Attitudes
- Early Background
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- The Advancement of Women in Post-Secondary Educational Administration
- Bibliography
- Beyond the Stereotypes: Women in Leadership Roles
- Past Research
- Meta-Analysis
- Future Research
- Summary
- Bibliography
- The Upward Mobility of Women in Organizations: Directions for Future Research
- Directions for Future Research
- A Study of Factors Associated with Women’s Upward Mobility
- Sex-Role Socialization
- Career Paths
- Career Attitudes
- Career-Family Issues and Family Policy
- Mentoring and Career Development
- Factors Affecting Women’s Upward Mobility and Career Plateaus
- Summary
- Bibliography
- Programs and Strategies for Change
- Resistance in the Workplace
- Bibliography
- Corporate Programs for Preventing Sexual Harassment
- Bibliography
- Remedying Gender-Based Wage Discrimination: The Comparable Worth Approach
- Job Content
- Job Analysis
- Job Descriptions
- Job Classification
- Job Evaluation
- Comparable Worth Processes
- Bibliography
- Section VII Issues Emerging from the Intersection of Work and Family
- Overview of Work and Family Linkages
- Work-Family Linkages in Early Industrialization: The Public-Private Split
- Preindustrial Societies and the Division of Labor
- Early Capitalist Industrialization
- Working-Class Experiences
- Social Class Differences in the Ideology of Public-Private Spheres
- Race Differences in the Experience of Public-Private Spheres
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Gender Segregation of Housework
- Measuring the Household Division of Labor
- Measuring the Gender-Based Segregation of Family Work
- Bibliography
- Career, Family, and Changing Life Course Patterns
- Bibliography
- Working Women and Eldercare
- Consequences of Caregiving Responsibilities
- Assistance for Caregivers
- Benefits of Employer Support
- Bibliography
- Providing for Children in the Work/Family Arrangement
- Planning to Combine Work and Child-Rearing
- Plans for Integrating Employment and Child-Rearing
- Stability or Change between Plans and Actions
- Bibliography
- Employment and Child Care
- Bibliography
- Shift Work and Child Care
- Bibliography
- Maternal Role Conflict
- Bibliography
- Maternal Occupational Conditions and Children’s Family Environments
- Bibliography
- Maternal Working Conditions, Childcare, and Cognition
- Bibliography
- Maternal Employment and Children’s Achievement
- Bibliography
- Maternal Working Conditions and Children’s Behavior Problems
- Bibliography
- Childbirth and Career Interruptions
- Bibliography
- The “Mommy Track”: Impact of Family Life on Women in the Professoriate
- Bibliography
- Section VIII Cross-Cultural Issues and International Studies
- Cross-National Comparisons
- Women’s Labor-Force Participation in Advanced Industrial Countries
- Bibliography
- Women and Agriculture in the Developing World
- Bibliography
- Gender Inequality in Labor-Force Participation across Nations (circa 1980)
- Bibliography
- The Division of Household Labor in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- Understanding Household Labor
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Household Labor
- Conclusion and Discussion
- Bibliography
- Women in Advanced Industrial Societies
- Australian Women in Paid Employment
- Bibliography
- Australian Men and Women Managers
- Work Environment
- Hierarchical Advancement
- Home Environment
- Bibliography
- Australia: Immigrant Women and Work
- Bibliography
- French Women’s Educational Opportunities
- Bibliography
- Women in East Germany
- Bibliography
- Japanese Women: A Historical Overview
- Bibliography
- Contemporary Japanese Women: Family, Education, and Workplace
- Bibliography
- Occupational Sex Segregation in New Zealand, 1971, 1976, 1981
- Bibliography
- Efforts toward Gender Equity in Sweden
- Bibliography
- Women in Newly Industrialized Societies
- Women, Work, Patriarchy, and Development in India
- Bibliography
- Women’s Earnings in Israel
- Bibliography
- Women and Work in Mexico
- Marriage, Family Socialization, and Identity
- Women in the World of Work
- Bibliography
- Filipino Women’s Educational and Occupational Opportunities
- Bibliography
- Women and Work in Singapore
- Bibliography
- Women in Developing Societies
- African Women in Economic Development
- Precolonial Period (Before 1800s)
- Colonial Period (1800-1950s)
- Postcolonial Period (Independent States, 1940s-the present)
- Bibliography
- Changing Roles of Chinese Women: 2000 B.C. to 1949
- Cultural Factors Shaping Women’s Roles
- Women’s Status during the Late Dynastic Era (1890-1912)
- Women’s Liberation Efforts
- Bibliography
- Women in the People’s Republic of China (1949-the Present)
- The Promise of the 1949 Revolution
- Current Status of Chinese Women
- Bibliography
- Nicaraguan Women in the Formal and Informal Economy
- Perspectives on “Informal” Work in Development
- Informally Employed Women in Rural and Urban Settings
- Women and Work in Nicaragua
- Bibliography
- Nigerian Women
- Informal Entrepreneurship Activities
- Formal Entrepreneurship Activities
- Success Factors
- Bibliography
- Palestinian Women in the Israeli-Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip
- Bibliography
- Birth Control and Development in Three Latin American Countries
- Birth Control in Latin America
- Puerto Rico
- Cuba
- Nicaragua
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Subject Index
- Author Index
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