Comparative and Historical Sociology of Women’s Careers: an Introduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-264
Author(s):  
Fumiya Onaka ◽  
Akiko Nagai
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Historical Sociology ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Women's Careers ◽  
Women’S Careers ◽  
Areas Of Interest ◽  
Comparative And Historical Sociology

Abstract Various hypotheses have been used to examine gender inequality in careers, while at the same time comparative and historical sociology has developed around certain areas of interest. This introduction clarifies that there is a need for a comparative and historical sociology specifically related to women’s careers. It presents the rationale for this special issue, which gathers articles opening gateways to further research in this vein.

Cross-Currents in the River of Time: Conceptualizing the Complexities of Women's Careers

1992 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary N. Powell ◽  
Lisa A. Mainiero
Keyword(s):  
Objective Measures ◽  
Women's Careers ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
Life Success ◽  
Women’S Careers ◽  
Over Time

Womenface a complex panorama of choices and constraints in their career and life development. This article presents an approach to the understanding of women's careers that (a) takes into account non-work as well as work issues; (b) incorporates subjective as well as objective measures of career and life success; (c) incorporates the influence of personal, organizational, and societalfactors on women's choices and outcomes; and (d) does not assume that women's careers go through a predictable sequence of stages over time. Such an approach is vastly differentfrom traditional models of men's careers. Implications of this approach for research, organizations, and men's careers are discussed.

Patterns and Paradoxes in Women’s Careers

2013 ◽  
pp. 63-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah A. O’Neil ◽  
Margaret M. Hopkins ◽  
Diana Bilimoria
Keyword(s):  
Women's Careers ◽  
Women’S Careers
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