Conceptualising women's working lives : moving the boundaries of discourse / edited by Wendy Patton.

Challenge and Change. Understanding Women's Working Lives / Wendy Patton -- Expanding the Discourse / Mary Sue Richardson, Charles Schaeffer -- A Relational Cultural Paradigm as a Theoretical Backdrop for Considering Women's Work / Donna E. Schultheiss -- Patterns and Paradoxes in Women's Careers / Deborah A. O'Neil, Margaret M. Hopkins, Diana Bilimoria -- Transitions and Life Stages. Workable Solutions / Catherine Doherty, Carly J. Lassig -- Midlife Career Transitions for Women / Claire A. Etaugh -- Women's Careers / Mary McMahon, Mark Watson, Jenny Bimrose -- Specific Fields. A Social Constructionist Perspective of Women's Career Development / Dr Dulini Anuvinda Fernando, Laurie Cohen -- Australian Women in the Academy / Carmel M. Diezmann, Susan J. Grieshaber -- Women's Aspirations Towards "STEM" Careers / Juliette Spearman, Helen M.G. Watt -- Changing the Discourse of Women's Work / Wendy Patton.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theoretical work on the career development of women has travelled a journey from critique to creation. Early work responded to and criticised a literature that focused on theorising male roles in a workplace that was conceptualised as providing vertical career paths primarily for middle class males. More recently theorists are creating new constructions and frameworks to enable a more holistic understanding of career, applicable to both women and men. These constructions include broadening the discussion from women's careers to women's working lives. This is the fifth book in the Sense Publish.

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