The Part-time Paradox: Time Norms, Professional Life, Family and Gender

by Cynthia Epstein and Cynthia Fuchs Epstein

Book Overview

Today's professionals, especially women, are caught in a time paradox: can they build a career and a family at the same time? The Part-time Paradox explores the conflict and tension between the time demands of career and family life, and the choice of part-time work as a solution.

The changing demographics of the family and the work place make it increasingly difficult for both men and women to meet the escalating time pressures facing a doctor,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415921244
• ISBN13: 9780415921244
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"