Solitudes of the Workplace: Women in Universities Tapa blanda - 2016

Paperback / softback. New. A consideration of workplace identities and the stresses women experience within the university system.

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015. Paperback. Fine with faintest signs of wear to wraps. No markings.. xxix, 300 pages; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 247-276) and index. "Solitudes of the Workplace focuses on experiences of marginalization, uncertainty, and segregation created by the hierarchical structures of categories in universities and by gendered identities. Studying a wider range of women's roles in universities than prior research, the experiences of support staff, senior administrators, researchers, non-academic administrators, and contract teachers are added to those of faculty and students. These essays show how attempts to introduce new knowledge are manoeuvred and the resistance this process can encounter, as well as the ways in which institutional policies can blur and change identities. Addressing longstanding issues such as the entanglement of gender and the assessment of merit, attention is also given to how new identities are claimed and successfully… Leer más

McGill Queens Univ, 2016. Paperback. New. 344 pages. 9.00x6.50x0.75 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.