Women, Employment and Organizations [Paperback]

This book brings together the latest European and North American research on a series of key topics in the field of women's employment. Drawing on published and easily accessible statistics, it sets the topics in the appropriate policy contexts and systematically appraises them from the viewpoint of the challenges for the management of human resources. The book explores:

• occupational segregation
• the pay gap
• work-life balance
• part-time working
• women, work and pensions
• women in professional occupations
• equality and diversity management
• women and trade unions.

This is a highly useful book suitable for a wide range of courses including business studies, sociology, social policy and gender studies.

1. Women, Employment and Organizations  Changes and Challenges  2. Gender Segregation  3. The Gender Pay Gap  4. Women and Part-Time Work  5. Women in the Professions and Management  6. From Equal Opportunities to Diversity Management  7. WorkLife Balance: Flexible Working?  8. Women and Trade Unions  9. Conclusion  Prospects for Womens Employment

Women's employment is an area of considerable interest both from the point of view of equal opportunities and of economic competitiveness. This book brings togther the latest research on a series of key topics in the field of women's employment.US? 2006 Judith Glover and Gill Kirton This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2006.