Gender and Home-Based Employment - Couverture rigide

Hennon, Charles B.; Loker, Suzanne; Walker, Rosemary

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0865692718 ISBN 13 : 9780865692718

Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 2000

Synopsis

Gender often influences the type of occupation that individuals choose, as well as the way they work and the outcomes of that work. Home-based employment is no different. The proximity of these workers to their families' living activities provides an unique opportunity to study the effects of work-at-home on family interaction and the role that gender plays in this traditionally female-dominated situation.

The chapters provide a range of gender considerations from the perspectives of the workers and the workers' families, with emphasis on either the workers, the family, or the work/business. The first chapter provides an overview of the subjects being covered and defines several of the concepts used. The range of viewpoints is extensive: Chapter 2 considers home-based employment from a global perspective, while Chapter 8 narrows the focus to one particular location and type of home-based worker. Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 7 examine in various ways the data from a 9-state study, basing their analyses in theoretical and conceptual frameworks related to gender. Chapter 6 explores the dilemma of parents who have to hire child care in order to complete their home-based work. Also included are recommendations for public policy considerations.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

CHARLES B. HENNON is Professor and Associate Director of the Family and Child Studies Center, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio./e

SUZANNE LOKER is Professor, Department of Textiles and Apparel, Cornell University./e

ROSEMARY WALKER is Professor of Family and Child Ecology, Michigan State University./e

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0865692718
• ISBN 13: 9780865692718
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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