The part-time paradox : time norms, professional lives, family, and gender / Cynthia Fuchs Epstein [and others].
Using case studies of legal professionals, this book highlights not only the negative sides, but also the coping strategies utilised to overcome the part-time paradox.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
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1999.
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Table of Contents:
- The Social Meaning of Professional Time
- The Social Context of Time Deviance
- Time and the Practices and Rituals of the Legal Profession
- Cultural Perspectives on Part-Time Work and Its Consequences
- Part-Time Work as Deviance: Stigmatization and Its Consequences
- Perspectives on Accommodating Part-Time Work
- Calculating the Economics of Part-Time Work
- Career Issues and Problems in Part-Time Legal Work
- Mobility
- Job Security and Insecurity: The Vulnerability of Part-Time Positions
- Part-Time Status and Rank Discrepancies: Status Incongruity
- Commitment and Professional Status
- Collegiality
- Justice and Fairness
- The Family and Part-Time Work
- Parents, Children, Child Care, and the Division of Labor in the Family
- Technology
- Technology and Part-Time Lawyering.