Like mother, like daughter? : how career women influence their daughters' ambition / Jill Armstrong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armstrong, Jill (Bye-Fellow at the University of Cambridge), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working mothers.

Working mothers--Family relationships.

Children of working mothers.

Mothers and daughters.

Physical Description:

vii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Bristol, UK] : Policy Press, [2017]

Summary:

Women are encouraged to believe that they can occupy top jobs in society the example of other women thriving in their careers. Who better to be a role model for career success than your mother? Paradoxically, this book shows that having a mother as a role model, even for graduates of top universities does not predict daughters progressing in their own careers. It finds that mothers with carrers, whilst highly influential in their daughter's choice of career path, rarely mentor their daughters as they progress. This is partly explained by 'quiet ambition' - the tendency of women to be modest about their achievements. Bigger issues are the twin pressures from contemporary motherhood and workplace culture that ironically lead career women's daughters to believe that being a 'good mother' means working time. This stalls career progress. Based on a large, cross-generational qualitative sample, this book offers a timely and original perspective on the debate about gender equality in leadership positions. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Mothers, daughters and careers 1

2 Well-mothered daughters? 27

3 A backlash against the way their mothers worked? 57

4 Career choice: like mother, like daughter 73

5 Quiet ambition 95

6 Daughters' aspirations for working motherhood 117

7 Working motherhood across generations 137

8 Partners in parenting 157

9 Making working motherhood work 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-212) and index.

ISBN:

9781447334088

1447334086

OCLC:

979568293