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Unequal time : gender, class, and family in employment schedules / Dan Clawson and Naomi Gerstel.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clawson, Dan, author.
- 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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