What Women Want from Work: Gender and Occupational Choice in the 21st Century

Are current patterns within women's occupations a function of external limitations on initial ambitions, or do women simply prefer distinct types of work? Including case studies of fire fighting and teaching, this book offers a qualitative exploration of girls' and women's reported journeys towards their work choices.

Author: R. Woodfield
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/23/2007
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.78h x 5.63w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230549227

About the Author
RUTH WOODFIELD is Reader in Sociology at the University of Sussex, UK. She is the author of Women, Work and Computing.