Gender, Emotions and Labour Markets - Asian and Western Perspectives

Abstract

List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Contemporary Theorizing on Emotions and Emotional Labour - Ann Brooks Social and Cultural Context of Gender in Asia - Theresa Devasahayam 1. Globalization, Labour Force Participation and the Gender Gap - Theresa Devasahayam 2. Changing Patterns of Caregiving and Emotional Labour in Asia - Theresa Devasahayam and Ann Brooks 3. Globalization, the 'Feminization of Migration' and Emotional Labour - Theresa Devasahayam 4. Human Rights and Female Migrant Labour in Asia - Theresa Devasahayam 5. Women Executives and Emotional Labour: The Work-Life Balance of Professional Women in the Asia-Pacific and the U.S. - Ann Brooks 6. Servicing High-End Professional Migrant and Local Populations: Female Migrant Labour as a Transnational Community - Ann Brooks 7. Men Masculinity and Emotional Labour - Ann Brooks Conclusion - Ann Brooks Bibliography