Heading home: motherhood, work, and the failed promise of equality, by Shani Orgad. Columbia University Press. 2019, 288 pp., https://doi.org/10.7312/orga18472 [Book review]

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Adamson, M. 2020. Heading home: motherhood, work, and the failed promise of equality, by Shani Orgad. Columbia University Press. 2019, 288 pp., https://doi.org/10.7312/orga18472 [Book review]. Gender, Work and Organization. 27 (2), pp. 281-283. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12399
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TitleHeading home: motherhood, work, and the failed promise of equality, by Shani Orgad. Columbia University Press. 2019, 288 pp., https://doi.org/10.7312/orga18472 [Book review]
AuthorsAdamson, M.
KeywordsOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Gender Studies
Research GroupDiversity and Gender group
PublisherWileyBlackwell
JournalGender, Work and Organization
ISSN0968-6673
Electronic1468-0432
Publication dates
Online03 Jan 2020
Print06 Feb 2020
Publication process dates
Deposited01 Jul 2019
Accepted13 Jun 2019
Output statusPublished
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Adamson, M. (2020), Heading Home: Motherhood, Work, and the Failed Promise of Equality. Edited by Shani Orgad. New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 2019, 288 pp., https://doi.org/10.7312/orga18472.. Gender Work Organ, 27: 281-283. doi:10.1111/gwao.12399, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12399. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.

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