Friday, June 1, 2007

Key Terms

Today, we were working on definitions of key terms that we will run across in our research. I found about 13 of them. I hope they will help.

  • Stay-at-home mom: A mother that does not leave the home for work, but stays at home with her child
  • Working mom: A mother that works either part-time or full-time while trying to raise a child/children at the same time
  • Manifesto: a public written declaration of principles, policies, and objectives, especially one issued by a political movement or candidate. (“The Motherhood Manifesto” is one of the books that I will be using for my graduation project)
  • Managerial: involving or characteristic of a manager or management, especially in business
  • Colleagues: someone people work with, especially in a professional or skilled job
  • Glass Ceiling: a barrier to career advancement; an unofficial but real impediment to somebody’s advancement into upper-level management positions because of discrimination based on the person’s gender, age, race, ethnicity, or sexual preference
  • Domestic: relating to or involving a family or the people living together within a household
  • Workforce: All the people working or available to work, as in a nation, company, industry, or on a project
  • Paid-Leave: paid time off from work
  • Maternity-Leave: paid time off to take care of a child for a certain amount of time
  • Flextime: the ability to be able to choose the hours a week an employee will work
  • Coalition: an alliance, especially a temporary one, of people, factions, parties, or nations
  • Fair Wage/Living Wage: a wage sufficient to provide minimally satisfactory living conditions

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