Like mother, like daughter? : how career women influence their daughters' ambition /

Women are encouraged to believe that they can occupy top jobs in society by the example of other women thriving in their careers. This book shows that having a mother as a role model does not predict daughters progressing in their own careers. It offers a timely and original perspective on the debat...

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Main Author: Armstrong, Jill (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2017.
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505 0 |a LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER? -- Contents -- List of figures -- Preface -- 1. Mothers, daughters and careers -- Chapter themes -- Mothers as career mentors and role models? -- Generations -- Generations of gender progress at work -- Underrepresentation of women in senior roles -- Introducing successful career women and their daughters -- Outline of the rest of the book -- 2. Well-mothered daughters? -- Chapter themes -- The world in which the mothersâ#x80;#x99; generation worked -- Work-life conflict and maternal guilt -- Gender identity, motherhood and work 
505 8 |a Identities as mothers and workersAttitudes to managing motherhood and work -- Was there talk about the effect of working? -- Mothers on the effect of working on their daughters -- How mothers mitigated the effect of working -- Daughtersâ#x80;#x99; stories on the effect of working -- Conclusions -- 3. A backlash against the way their mothers worked? -- Chapter themes -- Women should work â#x80;#x93; but not too much -- Intergenerational transmission and working hours -- Working hours and stress in professional jobs -- Are mothersâ#x80;#x99; longer working hours detrimental to children? 
505 8 |a Daughters who disliked their mothers working hours â#x80;#x93; their explanationDaughters emulating their mothersâ#x80;#x99; working hours -- Conclusions -- 4. Career choice: like mother, like daughter -- Chapter themes -- Standing on their mothersâ#x80;#x99; shoulders -- Educational attainment -- Role modelling the expectation of a career -- â#x80;#x9C;My mother was my main influenceâ#x80;#x9D;: how daughters characterise their mothersâ#x80;#x99; influence -- How mothers characterised their influence -- Other influences -- Conclusions -- 5. Quiet ambition -- Chapter themes -- Do women aim for the top? 
505 8 |a The confidence gap becomes an ambition gapWorkplace culture -- Womenâ#x80;#x99;s view of success -- Work talk -- How mothers talked about ambition and success -- How daughters talk about ambition and success -- Explaining quiet ambition -- Clear ambition -- The father factor -- Conclusions -- 6. Daughtersâ#x80;#x99; aspirations for working motherhood -- Chapter themes -- Gender identity and the anticipation of motherhood -- The notion of â#x80;#x98;choiceâ#x80;#x99; about working motherhood -- Contemporary cultural scripts of motherhood 
505 8 |a Complexity of drivers of decisions about working hoursChoosing a career with motherhood in mind -- â#x80;#x98;The best of both worldsâ#x80;#x99; -- Contemporary motherhood culture -- Conclusions -- 7. Working motherhood across generations -- Chapter themes -- Historical, biographical and generational time -- Maternal time -- Work and time -- Daughters before children: the mothersâ#x80;#x99; influence over their daughterâ#x80;#x99;s work/family aspirations -- â#x80;#x98;Daughter mothersâ#x80;#x99;: the grandmothersâ#x80;#x99; influence over their work/family choices -- Gains and losses of contemporary motherhood 
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