Human Resources, Care Giving, Career Progression and Gender: A Gender Neutral Glass Ceiling

This book presents a challenge to feminist perspectives that see the glass ceiling as the exclusive domain of women's careers and work life. The authors address existing debates and extend them to include original empirical evidence from several US and UK comparative studies that look at the effect of caring for dependents (including care for children and elder care) upon the careers and aspirations of both men and women.

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.