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COMPETING DEVOTIONS C O M P E T I N G D E V O T I O N S Career and Family among Women Executives M A R Y B L A I R - L O Y Harvard University Press Cambridge,Massachusetts,and London,England • 2003 Copyright © 2003 by the President and Fellows ofHarvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States ofAmerica Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Blair-Loy,Mary. Competing devotions :career and family among women executives / Mary Blair-Loy. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-674-01089-2 (alk.paper) 1.Work and family—United States. 2.Women executives—United States. 3.Dual-career families—United States. I.Title. HD4904.25.B57 2003 305.43'658—dc21 2002192238 To David C O N T E N T S Introduction 1 1 The Devotion to Work Schema 19 2 The Devotion to Family Schema 50 3 Reinventing Schemas:Creating Part-Time Careers 91 4 Reinventing Schemas:Family Life among Full-Time Executive Women 115 5 Turning Points 142 6 Implications 172 Appendix:Methods and Data 203 Notes 219 References 239 Acknowledgments 261 Index 263 COMPETING DEVOTIONS

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The wrenching decision facing successful women choosing between demanding careers and intensive family lives has been the subject of many articles and books, most of which propose strategies for resolving the dilemma. Competing Devotions focuses on broader social and cultural forces that create wome

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COMPETING DEVOTIONS C O M P E T I N G D E V O T I O N S Career and Family among Women Executives M A R Y B L A I R - L O Y Harvard University Press Cambridge,Massachusetts,and London,England • 2003 Copyright © 2003 by the President and Fellows ofHarvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States ofAmerica Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Blair-Loy,Mary. Competing devotions :career and family among women executives / Mary Blair-Loy. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-674-01089-2 (alk.paper) 1.Work and family—United States. 2.Women executives—United States. 3.Dual-career families—United States. I.Title. HD4904.25.B57 2003 305.43'658—dc21 2002192238 To David C O N T E N T S Introduction 1 1 The Devotion to Work Schema 19 2 The Devotion to Family Schema 50 3 Reinventing Schemas:Creating Part-Time Careers 91 4 Reinventing Schemas:Family Life among Full-Time Executive Women 115 5 Turning Points 142 6 Implications 172 Appendix:Methods and Data 203 Notes 219 References 239 Acknowledgments 261 Index 263 COMPETING DEVOTIONS

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