Handbook on Well-Being of Working Women
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Beschreibung
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.
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.
First of its kind to comprehensively address the well-being of working women in Quality of Life Studies Contributes to the understanding of well-being, a staple of philosophers, positive psychologists, and economists Explores factors contributing to and hindering the equity of well-being at the workplace from a management and sociology perspective
Autor*in
Mary L. Connerley
Themen in »Handbook on Well-Being of Working Women«
Expressing Emotions in the Workplace Feminist Eudaemonia Finding Happiness at Work Job Satisfaction and Well-being of Working Women Lesbians and Well-Being in the Workplace Mentoring Women Managers in Organisations Quality of Life Research in Different Continents Stress and Well-Being at Work Well-Being of Women in at Work Women in Brazilian Companies Women in Management and Gender Inequality Women in Medicine Women in Search of Well-Being Women's Well-Being in Malaysia Work Satisfaction of Chinese Women