Competing Devotions: Career and Family Among Women Executives

by Mary Blair-Loy

Book Overview

The wrenching decision facing successful women choosing between demanding careers and intensive family lives has been the subject of many articles and books, most of which propose strategies for resolving the dilemma. Competing Devotions focuses on broader social and cultural forces that create women's identities and shape their understanding of what makes life worth living.

Mary Blair-Loy examines the career paths of women financial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674018168
• ISBN13: 9780674018167
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Competing Devotions

As a woman with a family and a busy career, I appreciated this insightful study of the cultures of career dedication and family devotion among professional women. Mary Blair-Loy is a gifted interviewer and has elicited candid and fascinating stories from her respondents. She is a sociologist who provides a sophisticated analysis of her findings. Yet the writing is always clear, readable, and interesting. I thought about these women's stories long after I had turned the last page.