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Unequal time : gender, class, and family in employment schedules / Dan Clawson and Naomi Gerstel.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Clawson, Dan, author.
Contributor:
Gerstel, Naomi.
JSTOR (Organization)
John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Medical personnel--United States--Social conditions--Case studies.
Medical personnel.
Medical personnel--Time management--United States--Case studies.
Hours of labor--United States.
Hours of labor.
Time management surveys.
Time management.
Social conditions.
United States.
Time management surveys--United States.
Manpower planning--United States.
Manpower planning.
Work environment--United States.
Work environment.
Allied Health Personnel.
Medical Subjects:
Allied Health Personnel.
United States.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 324 pages.)
Place of Publication:
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2014]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Part I Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Unpredictability and Unequal Control in a Web of Time 3
Chapter 2 Concepts and Methods 19
Chapter 3 The Context: Occupations and Organizations 33
Chapter 4 Setting the Official Schedule 59
Part II The Forms of Unpredictability 87
Chapter 5 Unpredictability and Churning: Is There a Fixed Schedule? 89
Chapter 6 Adding Time to the Official Schedule 108
Chapter 7 Taking Time Off: Sick Leaves and Vacations 130
Part III Families and Jobs: Creating and Responding to Unpredictability 157
Chapter 8 Unequal Families: Class Shapes Women's Responses to Unpredictability 159
Chapter 9 Unequal Families: Class Shapes Men's Responses to Unpredictability 181
Part IV Strategies to Address Unpredictability 209
Chapter 10 Finding Solutions in the Web of Time: Coworkers 211
Chapter 11 The Push of the Family and the Pull of the Job 235
Part V Conclusion 259
Chapter 12 Inequality and the Normal Unpredictability of Time 261.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.
ISBN:
9781610448437
161044843X
Publisher Number:
99967464290
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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