Women and Careers: Transnational Studies in Public Policy and Employment Equity

ISBN-13: 9781138633735 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 174 str.

Marilee Reimer

Opis

The unifying theme of this book is women's employment success with the objective of profiling supportive public policy for women in global contexts from Atlantic Canada to Western Europe, Australia and China. It studies the example of first generation women's careers in the Atlantic Canada region, rapidly undergoing economic restructuring. In the cases of Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, Switzerland and Finland, active state policy in support of diverse workforces includes women's advancement beyond middle management and professional positions. The collection of cases combines a view of struggles on the individual career level with equity policies of activist governments. Careers for Women examines a series of institutional contexts where women's careers are constructed transnationally and the impact of policies, programs and economic re-structuring on women's careers. It displays the latest research on the topic and will be of interest both to students at an advanced level, academics, reflective practitioners, and diversity managers who are implementing employment policies that support women's career processes. It addresses the topics with regard to women and employment, as well as gender and globalization and will be of interest to researchers, academics, policymakers, and students in the fields of women's employment and career studies, diversity programs, organization studies, development policy, gender studies, and globalization.

O autorze

Marilee Reimer is a Professor of Sociology at St. Thomas University in Canada. She is the editor of an earlier collection of articles Inside Corporate U: Women in Academia Speak Out, Sumach Press (2004), Toronto, Canada.