Gender and leadership in trade unions / / by Gill Kirton and Geraldine Healy
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| Autore: |
Kirton Gill.
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| Titolo: |
Gender and leadership in trade unions / / by Gill Kirton and Geraldine Healy
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 331.88068/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women labor union members - Great Britain |
| Women labor union members - United States | |
| Women labor leaders - Great Britain | |
| Women labor leaders - United States | |
| Labor unions - Great Britain | |
| Labor unions - United States | |
| Altri autori: |
HealyGeraldine (Geraldine Mary)
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Gender, Work and Unionism in Comparative Context; 3 Gender, Union Democracy and Leadership; 4 Women Union Leaders: Influences, Routes, Barriers and Enablements; 5 Power, Empowerment and Women's Leadership Discourses; 6 Tales from the Top-Senior Women Union Leaders; 7 Women Working towards Union Transformation; 8 A Woman's Place-Women's Separate Organizing in Unions; 9 Developing Women Leaders in a Globalized Context; 10 Conclusions-Challenges from Inside and Outside the Union; Abbreviations |
| List of ContributorsReferences; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Reflecting the increased attention to gender and women in the field of employment relations, there is now a growing international literature on women and trade unions. The interest in women as trade unionists arises partly from the fact that women comprise 40 percent of trade union membership in the USA and over 50 percent in the UK. Further, despite considerable overall union membership decline in both the UK and USA, more women than men are joining unions in both countries. Recognition of the importance of women to the survival and revival of trade union movements has in many cases produc |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Gender and leadership in trade unions |
| ISBN: | 1-283-99427-5 |
| 0-203-07840-3 | |
| 1-136-15458-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821844003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge Research in Employment Relations