Women in the Office: Transitions in a Global Economy: Transitions in the Global Economy - Softcover

Eyerman, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1894549031 ISBN 13: 9781894549035

Publisher: Sumach Press, 2000

Synopsis

Secretaries, administrative assistants and telemarketers make up a sector of the working world whose voice is rarely heard. Placing these women front and centre, this analysis shows how important office work is to the functioning of our economy and how restructuring under the global economy is causing dramatic shifts in the office environment.

About this title

Synopsis:

Secretaries, administrative assistants, clerks, word-processors and telemarketers make up a sector of the working world whose voice is rarely heard. In this timely and insightful investigative analysis, Ann Eyerman places these women front and centre. She brings to our attention just how important office work is to the functioning of our economy and how restructuring under the global economy is causing dramatic shifts in the office environment. Is a full-time job a thing of the past? How is downsizing affecting women working in insurance, banking, law and education? Are the new technologies making their lives easier or have they created greater responsibilities, longer hours and higher stress levels? Ann Eyerman takes these questions to the women in the field. Contributing her own story along with candid conversations of eleven office workers, Eyerman brings to the fore the concerns women face in the their drastically shifting workplaces. These narratives are framed by a sharp and concise explanation of the social and political shifts behind these transitions. Yet despite these setbacks, Eyerman demonstrates the resourcefulness of women.

She uncovers the strategies women are developing to preserve their working culture, their sense of self and their economic well-being in a time of global change.

About the Author:

Ann Eyerman is a political employment activist on behalf of women, and has spent most of her career working as a legal secretary.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sumach Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1894549031
• ISBN 13: 9781894549035
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 245