Handbook on Well-Being of Working Women

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