E-raamat: Human Resources, Care Giving, Career Progression and Gender: A Gender Neutral Glass Ceiling [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

List of figures		xii
Preface		xiii
Acknowledgements		xiv
Introduction		1	(8)
What are the key unanswered questions?		6	(1)
Outline of the chapters		7	(2)
PART I Examining the area		9	(48)
Diverse perspectives; diverse conclusions		11	(14)
The feminist movement		11	(4)
Discrimination debates and the `glass ceiling'		15	(8)
Cracks in the glass ceiling?		23	(2)
Broadening the debate		25	(23)
Care-giving as a fundamental career constraint		30	(6)
The growing male role		36	(2)
Responsibility for care-giving		38	(10)
Gender-free impact of care-giving		48	(9)
Summary of results		50	(7)
PART II Some empirical evidence		57	(38)
The need for empirical data		59	(9)
The research population		59	(2)
Overview of methodology		61	(7)
Care-giving and perceptions of commitment		68	(7)
Ability to work extra hours - with and without notice		71	(2)
Availability of dependant-care arrangements		73	(2)
Care-giving and development opportunities		75	(6)
Formalised career-development programme		76	(1)
Career-development (management) training		77	(1)
Specifically appointed mentors		78	(1)
Regular performance-appraisal reviews		78	(1)
Receiving specific career-development advice and counsel during formal performance-appraisal reviews		79	(1)
Reducing career goals to writing		79	(2)
Care-giving and career attainment		81	(8)
Review of statistical evidence		81	(8)
Care-giving and time/freedom: is home-base covered?		89	(6)
The dictatorship of time		89	(1)
Career or family?		90	(3)
In summary: four overarching themes		93	(2)
PART III Implications		95	(66)
Emerging issues		97	(10)
Changing demographics of Western society		97	(7)
Considerations for the future		104	(3)
Tensions for the individuals (and their families)		107	(12)
Freedom to pursue a career		108	(2)
Factors in the care-giving equation		110	(7)
Summing up		117	(2)
Tensions for the companies		119	(16)
The current situation from the organisational perspective		120	(5)
The future-proof organisation?		125	(3)
Incorporating policies into organisational strategy		128	(2)
The role of HR and IT		130	(1)
Shifting the culture: flexible provision for all		131	(3)
Summing up		134	(1)
Tensions for the state		135	(11)
National significance of changing demographics		135	(1)
Overview of US/UK legislation with reference to care-giving		136	(3)
Core of dilemma: `who pays for whom?'		139	(3)
Need to support national wealth		142	(3)
Summing up		145	(1)
Conclusions		146	(15)
Overview of the argument		146	(2)
Are the questions answered?		148	(5)
Challenges for human resource professionals		153	(2)
A call for further research		155	(1)
Final comment		156	(5)
References		161	(7)
Index		168

B. Coyne has more than twenty years human resources experience in major manufacturing industries. She was the first professional female employed in Labour Relations at Shell Oil's Norco, Louisiana, Refinery Complex. Edward J. Coyne, Sr. is a former Fortune's 500 executive and is currently Visiting Professor of Management at Samford University. His experience includes managing major companies in Australia and Jamaica. He is the author of Targeting the Foreign Direct Investor (1995). Monica Lee is based at Lancaster University, UK. She came to academe from the business world and is now concentrating on mentoring senior managers. She is intrigued by the dynamics around individuals and organisations, and most of her work is about trying to make sense of these.