Gender equality and work-life balance : : glass handcuffs and working men in the U.S. / / Sarah Jane Blithe.
Pressure to achieve work-life ""balance"" has recently become a significant part of the cultural fabric of working life in United States. A very few privileged employees tout their ability to find balance between their careers and the rest of their lives, but most employees face...
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| Superior document: | Routledge Research in Employment Relations ; 35 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York : : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,, 2015. |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Routledge research in employment relations ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Outlining the Glass Handcuffs Phenomenon""; ""PART I Contexts for the Glass Handcuffs Phenomenon""; ""2 Organizational Contexts for the Glass Handcuffs Phenomenon""; ""3 Situating Leave of Absence Policies""; ""4 Perceptions and Meanings of Work-Life Balance and Leaves of Absence for Men""; ""PART II Causes for the Glass Handcuffs""; ""5 Macro Discourses of Dedication, Passion, and Commitment""; ""6 ""But I Was a Programmer before I Was a Dad"": Occupational Uniqueness and Occupational Identity""
- ""7 ""It Is My Responsibility to Find the Right Balance"": Entrepreneurialism as a Constraint""""8 ""It's Kind of . . . a Man Thing"": Gender, Economics, and the Impossibility of Leave""; ""9 ""Who Needs Time Off?"" Reframing Leaves of Absence as Unnecessary""; ""PART III Finding the Key: Why Understanding the Glass Handcuffs Matters""; ""10 Conclusions and Implications of the Glass Handcuffs""; ""Appendix A: Feminist Standpoint Theory and Researcher Positionality""; ""Appendix B: Data Collection and Analysis""; ""Index""