Gender and the professions : international and contemporary perspectives / edited by Kaye Broadbent, Glenda Strachan, and Geraldine Healy.
"This book examines gender and professions in the 21st century. Historically the professions encompassed law, medicine and the church, all of which excluded women from participation. Industry and the 20th century introduced new professions such as engineering and latterly information technology...
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Inequality Regimes and the Gendered Professional Context / GERALDINE HEALY
- chapter 2 Does Gender Equity at Work Have an Age Dimension? A Study of the Queensland Public Service / LINDA COLLEY
- chapter 3 Academic Staff on Insecure Contracts and the Interplay of Gender in Australian Universities / KAYE BROADBENT
- chapter 4 The Gendered Law Profession: The Perceptions and Experiences of Female Partners and Male Managing Partners / IRENE RYAN
- chapter 5 Gender, Architecture and Recession in Spain / ELENA NAVARRO-ASTOR AND VALERIE CAVEN
- chapter 6 Academics at the Intersection of Age and Gender: A Ghanaian Experience / CYNTHIA FORSON
- chapter 7 Gender and Migration: The Experiences of Skilled Professional Women / SUSAN RESSIA
- chapter 8 Clergywomen in the UK: Implications of Professional Calling / ANNE-MARIE GREENE
- chapter 9 Women in Information Technology in Sri Lanka: Careers and Challenges / AROSHA ADIKARAM
- chapter 10 Multiplicity of 'I's': STEM-Professional Women in the Canadian Space Industry / STEFANIE RUEL
- chapter 11 Will the Head of Engineering Please Stand Up? The Underrepresentation of Women in Engineering / SUSAN DURBIN
- chapter 12 Gender Experiences in a Female-Dominated Industry: The Case of Nurses in Thailand / URAIPORN KATTIYAPORNPONG.