عنوان

Mothers on the fast track :

(Number (ISBN

019804027X

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0199944016

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1281162558

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1435617789

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6611162550

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9780198040279

(Number (ISBN

9780199944019

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9781281162557

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9781435617780

(Number (ISBN

9786611162559

Erroneous ISBN

0195182677

Erroneous ISBN

0195373693

Erroneous ISBN

9780195182675

Erroneous ISBN

9780195373691

Number

b739291

Title Proper

Mothers on the fast track :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

how a new generation can balance family and careers /

First Statement of Responsibility

Mary Ann Mason, Eve Mason Ekman.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2007.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xvii, 149 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-136) and index.

Text of Note

Introduction: Do babies matter? Mothers on the fast track -- The "mother problem": up, out, or sidelined? -- The student years : eighteen to thirty-two -- The make-or-break years: thirty to forty -- Mothers' choices: staying the course, opting out, or dropping down -- The second tier -- Beyond the glass ceiling: forty to sixty-five and beyond -- Second chances for mothers on the fast track.

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Text of Note

In the past few decades the number of women entering graduate and professional schools has been going up and up, while the number of women reaching the top rung of the corporate and academic worlds has remained relatively stagnant. Why are so many women falling off the fast track? In this timely book, Mary Ann Mason traces the career paths of the first generation of ambitious women who started careers in academia, law, medicine, business, and the media in large numbers in the 1970s and '80s. Many women who had started families but continued working had ended up veering off the path to upper management at a point she calls "the second glass ceiling." Rather than sticking to their original career goals, they allowed themselves to slide into a second tier of management that offers fewer hours, less pay, lower prestige, and limited upward mobility. Men who did likewise--entered the career world with high aspirations and then started families while working--not only did not show the same trend, they reached even higher levels of professional success than men who had no families at all. Along with her daughter, an aspiring journalist, Mason has written a guide for young women who are facing the tough decision of when--and if--to start a family. It is also a guide for older women seeking a second chance to break through to the next level, as Mason herself did in academia. The book features anecdotes and strategies from the dozens of women they interviewed. Advice ranges from the personal (know when to say "no," the importance of time management) to the institutional, with suggestions for how the workplace itself can be changed to make it easier for ambitious working mothers to reach the top levels. The result is a roadmap of new choices for women facing the sobering question of how to balance a successful career with family.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

CRKN/MyiLibrary

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

MIL

Stock Number

116255

Medium

FormOnline

Terms of Availability

CostDepend

Title

Mothers on the fast track.

International Standard Book Number

0195182677

Mothers-- Employment-- United States, Case studies.

Work and family-- United States, Case studies.

Working mothers-- United States, Case studies.

Mères au travail-- États-Unis, Cas, Études de.

Mères-- Travail-- États-Unis, Cas, Études de.

Travail et famille-- États-Unis, Cas, Études de.

FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS-- Parenting-- Motherhood.

Mothers-- Employment.

Work and family.

Working mothers.

United States.

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FAM-- 032000

JBFF, JBJC

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Mason, Mary Ann.

Ekman, Eve Mason.

Date of Transaction

20201204001829.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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