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Competing Devotions : Career and Family among Women Executives by Mary Blair-Loy (2003, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarvard University Press
ISBN-100674010892
ISBN-139780674010895
eBay Product ID (ePID)2419059
Product Key Features
Book TitleCompeting Devotions : Career and Family Among Women Executives
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
TopicSociology / General, Women in Business, Women's Studies, Sociology / Marriage & Family
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, Business & Economics
AuthorMary Blair-Loy
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight17.5 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-192238
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsBlair-Loy's comparison of the two groups [of work-committed and family-committed] women is an imaginative and beautifully constructed study that bristles with insight...Rather than serving up the standard menu of neat public policy fixes to achieve work-family 'balance,' Competing Devotions offers a compelling explanation as to why even such long overdue reforms as paid family leave legislation and the proliferation of 'family friendly' corporate benefits are not likely to do much to resolve the work-family conundrum without a far more fundamental set of social changes. Both corporate elite careers and motherhood, Blair-Loy argues, have deep moral and cultural underpinnings. Both are governed by what she calls 'schemas of devotion' that demand total commitment to one's 'calling,' whether it be to the corporation or the child(ren)...These morally laden schemas are so powerful that they often trump economic rationality., This work is a welcome addition to the growing body of sociological studies of working women. A significant contribution of this book is that it lends a qualitative consideration to a topic too often evaluated by quantitative measures., This book will be of significant interest to students of work and organizations, those who are concerned with work-family conflict and accommodation, and those students of cultural sociology who wish to read a testimonial on how important cultural schemas are in constructing social lives. Here the schemas are work and family. But the findings may potentially generalize to other cultural schemas that can have a powerful grip on us as we negotiate our lives, regardless of whether we innovate at the boundaries of competing devotions or not., The work-devotion and family-devotion schemas are not simply used as rationalizations; they are gendered frameworks that others use to interpret behavior. As cultural models, they serve to define 'economic rationality'...Blair-Loy skillfully illustrates the patterns that emerge when we view individual lives in the context of their historical moment and social location. Competing Devotions is an insightful examination of work and family among elite executive women.
Dewey Decimal305.43/658
Table Of ContentIntroduction 1. The Devotion to Work Schema 2. The Devotion to Family Schema 3. Reinventing Schemas: Creating Part-Time Careers 4. Reinventing Schemas: Family Life among Full-Time Executive Women 5. Turning Points 6. Implications Appendix: Methods and Data Notes References Acknowledgments Index
SynopsisThe wrenching decision facing successful women choosing between demanding careers and intensive family lives has been the subject of many articles and books, most of which propose strategies for resolving the dilemma. Competing Devotions focuses on broader social and cultural forces that create women's identities and shape their understanding of what makes life worth living., Mary Blair-Loy examines the career paths of women financial executives who have tried various approaches to balancing career & family.
LC Classification NumberHD4904.25.B57 2003
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