Framing a Domain for Work and Family A Study of Women in Residential Real Estate Sales Work

by Wharton, Carol S.

• ISBN13: 9780739109663
• ISBN10: 0739109669
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-13
• Publisher: LEXINGTON BOOKS

Summary

Framing a Domain provides fascinating insights into why women choose to sell real estate and why they have come to dominate the profession. Based on in-depth interviews with women realtors, carried out through the 1990s, Carol Wharton's work places this white-collar service occupation within the larger context of women's lives. It offers a unique case study of the gendered practices that infuse the workplace, and the ways women negotiate these practices to successfully weave work with family obligations.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Working Full-Time on Their Own Time: The Lure of Independent Contracting	p. 17
The Nature of Real Estate Sales Work	p. 19
Being a Realtor	p. 37
Arranging the Workday	p. 67
The Home Is Still Their Domain: Women Work within and outside of Their Family Responsibilities	p. 81
Howework: Women as Realtors, Wives, and Mothers	p. 83
Real Estate Sales Work as Gender Work	p. 101
Good Job/Bad Job: The Perks and Piques of Selling Houses	p. 117
Conclusion	p. 135
Appendix	p. 143
Selected Bibliography	p. 149
Index	p. 157
About the Author	p. 165
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