Handbook on Well-Being of Working Women (International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life)

This Handbook Provides An Overview And Synthesis Of Relevant Literature Related To The Issue Of The Well-being Of Working Women. This Focus Addresses A Gap That Currently Exists In The Quality-of-life And Well-being Fields. The Work Of The Authors Answers The Following Broad Questions: Does Gender Matter In The Well-being Of Working Women? Do Prejudices Against And Stereotypes Of Women Still Play A Role In Inter-personal Interactions In The Workplace That Could Hinder Women From Flourishing Professionally? Does The Organizational Context, Such As Organizational Culture, Reward Systems, And Leadership, Contribute To The Well-being Of Working-women? What Impact Does The National Context Have On The Well-being Of Working Women? And Finally, How Can Public Policies Help Enhance The Well-being Of Working Women? These Are Important Issues For Academics, Researchers, And Graduate Students Interested In Gender Issues In The Fields Of Management, Sociology, Psychology, Social Psychology, Economics, And Quality Of Life Studies. Policy Makers And Practitioners Will Also Find This Book Beneficial. Equitable Treatment And Outcomes For All, Regardless Of Gender, Remains A Challenging Goal To Achieve, With Various Barriers In Different Contexts And Different Cultures, And This Book Provides Strong Coverage Of This Important Topic Of Well-being Of Working Women. Mary L. Connerley, Jiyun Wu, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Uncovering the Complexities of the Relationship Between Women and Well-Being in the Workplace: An Introduction....Pages 3-13 Front Matter....Pages 15-15 Workplace Discrimination and the Wellbeing of Minority Women: Overview, Prospects, and Implications....Pages 17-31 Fat Women Need Not Apply: Employment Weight Discrimination Against Women....Pages 33-46 Countering Heteronormativity; Lesbians and Wellbeing in the Workplace....Pages 47-63 “Women Like You Keep Women Like Me Down”: Understanding Intergenerational Conflict and Work-Life Balance from a Discourse Perspective....Pages 65-82 Sexual Harassment: Undermining the Wellbeing of Working Women....Pages 83-101 Understanding Mental Disorders in Women in the Workplace to Mitigate Deleterious Effects....Pages 103-121 Women and Work Stress: More and Different?....Pages 123-140 The Gender Pay Gap and the Wellbeing of Working Women....Pages 141-157 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Gender Bias Against Female Leaders: A Review....Pages 161-173 Does the Presence of Women in Management Impact Gender Inequality?....Pages 175-187 In the Company of Women: The Well-Being Consequences of Working with (and for) Other Women....Pages 189-207 Constrained by Emotion: Women, Leadership, and Expressing Emotion in the Workplace....Pages 209-224 The Purpose and Place of Mentoring for Women Managers in Organisations: An Australian Perspective....Pages 225-241 French Women Entrepreneurs’ Leadership Practices and Well-Being in a High-Growth Context....Pages 243-260 Front Matter....Pages 261-261 Women in Medicine....Pages 263-282 The Relationship Between Organizational Family Support and Burnout Among Women in the Healthcare Industry: Core Self-Evaluation as Moderator....Pages 283-296 Still Alone at the Table? Women Working in Technology Organizations....Pages 297-315 Women Accountants in Practicing Accounting Firms: Their Status, Investments and Returns....Pages 317-343 Work-Family Balance for Women Lawyers Today: A Reality or Still a Dream?....Pages 345-359 Front Matter....Pages 261-261 Knowledge Work and Flexible Working: Helping or Hindering Working Women?....Pages 361-374 Gender, Entrepreneurship, and Firm Performance: Recent Research and Considerations of Context....Pages 375-391 Extreme Expatriation: The Effect of Location Factors and Masculine Environments on Women’s International Assignment Participation in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production....Pages 393-411 Front Matter....Pages 413-413 Work-Life Policies, Programs, and Practices: Helping Women, Men, and Workplaces....Pages 415-428 The Gender-Career Estimation Gap....Pages 429-448 Family and Labor Market Policies in Germany: The Well-Being of Working Women....Pages 449-472 Social Costs: The Career-Family Tradeoff....Pages 473-487 An Exploration of Quality Part-Time Working in Europe, with a Focus on the UK Case....Pages 489-502 Opting In: Women in Search of Well-Being....Pages 503-516 The Well-Being of Working Women in Times of Economic Crisis and Recovery: Insights from the Great Recession....Pages 517-539 Let Us Listen to the Voice of Women in Management in the Twenty-First Century: A Longitudinal Study....Pages 541-564 Women in the Workplace: Feminism’s Potential Impact....Pages 565-575 Front Matter....Pages 577-577 Women in the Workforce: A Global Snapshot....Pages 579-602 Are Education and Occupational Status Affecting Men’s and Women’s Satisfaction in Different Ways? A Cross-National Perspective on Gender Inequality....Pages 603-632 The Subjective Well-Being of Working Women in Europe....Pages 633-651 Inequalities in Unpaid Work: A Cross-National Comparison....Pages 653-671 Work Satisfaction of Chinese Women....Pages 673-688 Working Women in Arab Countries: A Case for Cautious Optimism....Pages 689-701 Work-Family Balance and the Well-Being of Educated Women in Iran....Pages 703-716 Work, Family and Women’s Well-Being in Malaysia....Pages 717-734 Front Matter....Pages 577-577 The Reality of Women on the Boards of Directors of Brazilian Companies: Seeking Insight and Solutions....Pages 735-754 Gendered Ideology, Male Dominance and Women’s Microcredit Participation in Rural Bangladesh....Pages 755-768 Employment, Empowerment, and Spousal Violence on Women in Developing Countries....Pages 769-780 Impact of HIV Related Stigma and Discrimination on Working Women in Sub-Sahara Africa....Pages 781-803 Front Matter....Pages 805-805 Feminist Eudaimonia: A Research Direction....Pages 807-810 Back Matter....Pages 811-821