Absent Aviators (eBook)

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Gender Issues in Aviation

Autor: Donna (Hrsg.) Bridges

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ISBN: 978-1-317-18601-4

Einband: PDF

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The objective of this book is to present a number of related chapters on the subject of gender issues in the workplace of the aviation industry. More specifically, the chapters address the continuing shortfall in the number of women pilots in both civilian and military aviation. Considerable research has been carried out on gender issues in the workplace and, for example, women represent about 10% of employees in engineering. This example is often used to show that the consequences of gender discrimination are embedded and difficult to overcome in masculine-dominated occupations. However, women represent only 5-6% of the profession of pilot. Clearly there are many factors which mitigate women seeking to become pilots. The chapters within this volume raise both theoretical and practical issues, endeavouring to address the imbalance of women pilots in this occupation. Absent Aviators consolidates a diverse range of issues from a number of authors from Australia, Austria, the United States, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Each of the chapters is research-based and aims to present a broad picture of gender issues in aviation, gendered workplaces and sociology, underpinned by sound theoretical perspectives and methodologies. One chapter additionally raises issues on the historical exclusion of race from an airline. The book will prove to be a valuable contribution to the debates on women in masculine-oriented occupations and a practical guide for the aviation industry to help overcome the looming shortfall of pilots. It is also hoped it will directly encourage young women to identify and overcome the barriers to becoming a civilian or military pilot.

Autor	Bridges, Donna (Hrsg.) / Neal-Smith, Jane (Hrsg.) / Mills, Albert (Hrsg.)
Verlag	Taylor & Francis
Einband	PDF
Erscheinungsjahr	2016
Seitenangabe	388 S.
Ausgabekennzeichen	Englisch
Masse	4'370 KB

Über den Autor Donna (Hrsg.) Bridges

Donna Bridges (she/her/hers) is a gender theorist and a feminist researcher who researches gender inequality and gender and work. She has published "Absent aviators: Gender issues in aviation" (Bridges, Neal-Smith & Mills, 2014) and "Creative spaces for qualitative researching: Living research" (Higgs, Titchen, Horsfall & Bridges, 2011). She publishes in international journals such as Gender, Work and Organisation, Journal of Sociology and Feminist Media Studies, and in edited book collections and media commentary. Clifford Lewis (he/him/his) is a marketing academic at Charles Sturt. His research focuses on inclusive marketing and research practice focusing on LGBTQ+ people. Within this domain, he has published a critical review of tourism scholarship on LGBTQ+ people in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism, guidelines for conducting research with LGBTQ+ people in the International Journal of Market Research, and those within contexts where such identities are illegal in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Elizabeth Wulff (she/her/hers) is a gender theorist and feminist researcher who specialises in gender theory, cultural studies and English literature. She is a member of the Women in Trades Research Team and CSU's Gender and Feminist Studies (GaFS) Research Network. Elizabeth has published in Extrapolation, Construction Management Economics, Gender, Work and Organization and the Journal of Sociology. She is currently working on projects related to the Women in Trades team.Chelsea Litchfield (she/her/hers) is an associate professor and associate head of school in the School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sport Science at Charles Sturt University. Associate Professor Litchfield's research focuses broadly on gender, sport and media in an Australian context. She is currently working on projects related to women and sport, gender-based abuse and violence in social media spaces and the impact of sport on the mental health of women in regional Australia.Larissa Bamberry (she/her/hers) is an associate professor in employment relations in the School of Business at Charles Sturt University. Her research focuses broadly on the intersection of gender relations in labour markets. She publishes in journals such as Gender, Place and Culture, Gender, Work and Organisation and Construction Management and Economics, and she is currently researching skills and gender in regional labour markets and the workplace wellbeing of frontline workers during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.