Gender and Home-Based Employment

CHARLES B. HENNON is Professor and Associate Director of the Family and Child Studies Center, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio./eSUZANNE LOKER is Professor, Department of Textiles and Apparel, Cornell University./eROSEMARY WALKER is Professor of Family and Child Ecology, Michigan State University./e

Gender often influences the type of occupation that individuals choose, as well as the way they work and the outcomes of that work. Home-based employment is no different. The proximity of these workers to their families' living activities provides an unique opportunity to study the effects of work-at-home on family interaction and the role that gender plays in this traditionally female-dominated situation.The chapters provide a range of gender considerations from the perspectives of the workers and the workers' families, with emphasis on either the workers, the family, or the work/business. The first chapter provides an overview of the subjects being covered and defines several of the concepts used. The range of viewpoints is extensive: Chapter 2 considers home-based employment from a global perspective, while Chapter 8 narrows the focus to one particular location and type of home-based worker. Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 7 examine in various ways the data from a 9-state study, basing their analyses in theoretical and conceptual frameworks related to gender. Chapter 6 explores the dilemma of parents who have to hire child care in order to complete their home-based work. Also included are recommendations for public policy considerations.

Investigates the relationship of gender to home-based employment and family life.

Home-Based Employment: Considering Issues of Gender by Charles B. Hennon, Suzanne Loker, and Rosemary WalkerGender and Home-Based Employment in a Global Economy by Charles B. Hennon and Suzanne LokerUnexpected Outcomes: The Economics of Genderized Home-Based Business by Barbara R. Rowe, Kathyrn Stafford, Rosemary Walker, George W. Haynes, and Jeanette ArbuthnotHome-Based Employment: Relating Gender and Household Structure to Management and Child-Care by Holly Hunts, Sharon M. Danes, Deborah C. Haynes, and Ramona K.Z. HeckA Gender Comparison of Business Management Practices of Home-Based Business Owners by Cynthia R. Jasper, Karen P. Goebel, Kathryn Stafford, and Ramona K.Z. HeckHome-Based Employment and Work-Family Conflict: A Canadian Study by Rosemary S.L. Mills, Karen A. Duncan, and D. Jill AmyotIndustry and Self-Employment Analysis by Gender by Elizabeth S. TrentInterweaving Home and Work Spheres: Gender and the Vermont Knitters by Suzanne LokerIndex