In the past 30 years, women have made dramatic forays into
previously male-dominated professions that have been termed
"fast-track jobs"; examples include law, medicine, academe,
corporate management, engineering, and financial management.
These careers, which typically require long hours and have
little flexibility, often have significant impacts on the families
of the workers. The work-family issues for parents in these
fast-track jobs differ in many ways from those faced by parents
employed in lower paying, less demanding jobs. Since these
fast-track professions pay well, quality child care is not usually
the problem. Instead, the issue is usually a shortage of time.
Can women - or men - in fast-track jobs have it all? Or are they
being forced into delayed parenthood - or even denied parenthood?
Do fast track workers who reduce their hours to accommodate family
obligations stay on track, or do they become ineligible for top
level promotions? Is the "mommy track" a temporary way station or
total derailment? Are organizations and professions foregoing their
most talented employees due to these high time demands and
scheduling inflexibility?
With the increase of women in these fast-track fields, these
questions affect more workers, drawing new attention. Recently,
scholars from a variety of disciplines have been analyzing how
organizational structures affect the career success rates of women
or men in fast track jobs who devote more time to their families
for a period and also the ability of successful women and men in
these jobs to have families. The Alice Paul Center for Research on
Women and Gender at the University of Pennsylvania hosted a
conference dealing with the newresearch on families and fast track
workers.
This special volume of The Annals includes the research papers
from that conference. The papers include studies of the professions
of academe, law, finance, and medicine. Also included are a study
of the history of how college educated women have combined work and
family over the last hundred years, and analysis of the forces that
have led to inefficiently long hours for fast track workers, a
study of fast track women who have dropped out, and discussions of
policies and gender-based expectations that could change the
capacity of workers to balance work and family obligations.
Delving into topics that tap into several disciplines, this
compelling issue appeals to scholars, students, and practitioners
in the fields of gender studies, family studies, business, and
organizational studies and is a valuable resource for those
striving to better understand the tremendous challenges of
balancing career and family in fast track positions -- both for
individuals and organizations.
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