Heather Hofmeister
Department of social science
Frankfurt University
Germany
Biography
Professor Heather Hofmeisteris Professor for the Sociology of Work at the Goethe-University in Frankfurt in the Faculty of Social Sciences and a co-director of the Center for Leadership and Behavior in Organizations (CLBO). She served as Vice-Rector of Human Resources Management and Development at RWTH Aachen University between 2008 and 2011 as the first woman in the Rectorate in the history of the university. She is on the Board of Trustees of the Technical University of Munich Institute for Advanced Studies (TUM-IAS) and on the Advisory Council of the Hertie Foundation Work and Family Division. She also serves as a Board member of the University Council at the Otto-Friederich-University in Bamberg, Germany.
Research Interest
Life Course Research International Comparative Research Sociology of Work Gender Community and Urban Sociology
Publications
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Baur, N., & Hofmeister, H. (2009). Some like them hot: How Germans construct male attractiveness. The Journal of Men’s Studies, 16(3), 280-300.
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Mills, M., Blossfeld, H. P., Buchholz, S., Hofäcker, D., Bernardi, F., & Hofmeister, H. (2008). Converging divergences? An international comparison of the impact of globalization on industrial relations and employment careers. International Sociology, 23(4), 561-595.
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Grunow, Daniela, Heather Hofmeister & Sandra Buchholz. 2006. "Late 20th century persistence and decline of the homemaker in Germany and the United States." 2006. International Sociology 21 (1): 101-132.
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Becker, P. E., & Hofmeister, H. (2001). Work, family, and religious involvement for men and women. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 40(4), 707-722.
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Hofmeister, H., & Moen, P. (1999). Late midlife employment, gender roles and marital quality: His and her perspectives. Sociological Focus, 32(3), 317-337.
