Publications

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Books (Edited Volumes and Monographs)

• Blossfeld, Hans-Peter & Heather Hofmeister. 2006. Globalization, Uncertainty, and Women’s Careers: An International Comparison Cheltenham, UK und Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2002. Couples’ Commutes to Work Considering Workplace, Household, and Neighborhood Contexts: The Traffic Triangle. Ann Arbor: UMI.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 1998. “Marital Quality in Retirement: The Relationship to Gender Ideology and Lifetime Employment of Couples.” Masters Thesis.

• Hofmeister, Heather, Anna Lena Hünefeld & Celina Proch. 2010. “The role of job-related spatial mobility in constructing gender relations in society and in intimate relationships in Germany and Poland.” Zeitschrift für Familienforschung.
• Buchholz, Sandra, Dirk Hofäcker, Melinda Mills, Hans-Peter-Blossfeld, Karin Kurz & Heather Hofmeister. 2008. “Life Courses in the Globalization Process: The Development of Social Inequalities in Modern Societies. A Summary of Findings from the GLOBALIFE Project.” European Sociological Review 25 (1): 53-71.
• Baur, Nina & Heather Hofmeister. 2008. “Some Like Them Hot: How Germans Construct Male Attractiveness.” Journal of Men’s Studies Special Issue, Men’s Studies in Europe 16 (3): 280-300.
• Mills, Melinda, Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Dirk Hofäcker, Fabrizio Bernardi & Heather Hofmeister. 2008. “Converging Divergences? An International Comparison of the Impact of Globalization on Industrial Relations and Employment Careers. International Sociology 23(4): 561-595.
• Hofmeister, Heather & André Pascal Breitenstein. 2008. “Contemporary Processes of Transnationalisation and Globalisation.” International Sociology 23 (4): 480-487.
• Blossfeld, Hans-Peter, Sandra Buchholz, Dirk Hofäcker, Heather Hofmeister, Karin Kurz & Melinda Mills. 2007. “Globalisierung und die Veränderung sozialer Ungleichheiten in modernen Gesellschaften. Eine Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse des GLOBALIFE-Projektes.” Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 59 (4): 667-691. 
• Grunow, Daniela, Heather Hofmeister & Sandra Buchholz. 2006. “Late 20th century persistence and decline of the female homemaker in Germany and the United States.” International Sociology 21 (1): 101–132.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2005. “Geographic Mobility of Couples in the United States: Relocation and Commuting Trends.” Zeitschrift für Familienforschung, Heft 2: 115-128.
• Becker, Penny Edgell & Heather Hofmeister. 2001. “Work, Family, and Religious Involvement for Men and Women.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 40 (4): 707–722.
• Moen, Phyllis, Jungmeen Kim & Heather Hofmeister. 2001. “Couples’ Work/Retirement Transitions, Gender, and Marital Quality.” Social Psychology Quarterly 64: 55–71.
• Hofmeister, Heather & Phyllis Moen. 1999. “Late Midlife Employment, Gender Roles, and Marital Quality: His and Her Perspectives.” Sociological Focus 32: 317–337.

• Hofmeister, Heather und Michaela Jüttemann. “Abstufungen der Zugehörigkeit: Fortschreiten von Frauen in hohen akademischen Laufbahnen an der RWTH.“ in 100 Jahre Frauenstudium an der RWTH Aachen. C. Roll (ed.). Forthcoming.
• Hofmeister, Heather & Norbert Schneider. 2010. “Job Mobilities in Europe: Core Findings, Policy Implications and Future Outlook” in Mobile Living across Europe , Volume II: Causes and Consequences of Job-Related Spatial Mobility in Cross-National Perspective. Norbert Schneider & Beate Collet (eds.). Leverkusen / Opladen: Barbara Budrich Verlag. 
• Viry, Gil, Heather Hofmeister & Eric Widmer. 2010. “Early Life Course Relocation: Effects on Motility, Mobility, and Social Integration” in Mobile Living across Europe , Volume II: Causes and Consequences of Job-Related Spatial Mobility in Cross-National Perspective. Norbert Schneider & Beate Collet (eds.). Leverkusen / Opladen: Barbara Budrich Publisher.
• Hahmann, Julia & Heather Hofmeister. 2010. “Soziologische Theoriebildung zur Wahrnehmung und Beurteilung medizinischer Untersuchungen mit telemedizinischer Unterstützung aus Patientensicht. Stand und Ausblick“ in Akzeptanz, Nutzungsbarrieren und ethische Implikationen neuer Medizintechnologien. Die Anwendungsfelder Telemedizin und Inkorporierte Technik. Studien des Aachener Kompetenzzentrums für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Band 8. D. Groß, G. Gründer & V. Simonovic (eds.). Kassel, kassel university press.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2010. “The integration of gender research, women's studies, and men's studies in family research. A comparison of English and German sources.” Pp. 183-197 in Family Diversity: Collection of the 3rd European Congress of Family Science. O. Kapella, C. Rille-Pfeiffer, M. Rupp & N. F. Schneider (eds.). Opladen & Farmington Hills, Barbara Budrich Publishers.
• Hofmeister, Heather & Julia Hahmann. 2010. “She gets less: gender differences in resource allocation to new professors at RWTH Aachen University” in Going Diverse: Innovative Answers to Future Challenges. Gender and Diversity Perspectives in Science, Technology and Business. Budrich UniPress Ltd.
• Grötzbach, Jochen & Heather Hofmeister. 2010. “Tod und tote Körper im Lebensverlauf von Männern und Frauen: Subjektiver Sinn und soziale Dienstbarkeit von Leichen.“ Pp. 477-493 in Objekt Leiche. Technisierung, Ökonomisierung und Inszenierung toter Körper. D. Groß & J. Grande (eds.). Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2009. “Life Course.” Pp. 385-411 in Handbook on European Societies. Social Transformations in the 21st Century. S. Immerfall & G. Therborn (eds.). Springer. 
• Hofmeister, Heather , Nina Baur & Alexander Röhler. 2009. “Versorgen oder Fürsorgen? - Vorstellungen der Deutschen von den Aufgaben eines guten Vaters.” Pp. 194-212 in Mütter - Väter. Diskurse, Medien, Praxen. Paula-Irene Villa and Barbara Thiessen (eds.) Münster: Verlag Westfälisches Dampfboot.
• Hofmeister, Heather & Nadine Witt. 2009. “Breaking the Cycle – Wege aus der starren gesellschaftlichen Konstruktion von Arbeit und Geschlecht in Europa.” Pp. 103-130 in Die Zukunft der Arbeit in Europa. Chancen und Risiken neuer Beschäftigungsverhältnisse. Helmut König, Julia Schmidt & Manfred Sicking (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2009. “Warum verzichten wir auf 40% unserer Kreativen?” Pp. 177-189 in Zukunft Ingenieurwissenschaften - Zukunft Deutschland: Beiträge einer 4ING - Fachkonferenz und der ersten gemeinsamen Plenarversammlung der 4ING-Fakultätentage am 14. und 15.07.2008 an der RWTH. Manfred Nagl (ed.) Springer.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2009. “The Integration of Gender Research, Women's Studies, and Men's Studies in Family Research: A Comparison of English and German Sources.” Pp. 221-236 in Die Vielfalt der Familie: Tagungsband zum 3. Europäischen Fachkongress Familienforschung. Olaf Kapella, Christiane Rille-Pfeiffer, Marina Rupp & Norbert F. Schneider (eds.). Opladen: Barbara Budrich Verlag.
• Relikowski, Ilona, Markus Zielonka & Heather Hofmeister. 2008. “Increasing employment instability among young people? Labor Market Entries and Early Careers in the United States of America. 1984-2002.” Pp. 207-232 in Young Workers, Globalization and the Labor Market.Comparing Early Working Life in Eleven Countries, Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Erzsébet Bukodi & Karin Kurz (eds). Cheltenham (UK) and Northampton, MA (USA): Edward Elgar.
• Blossfeld, Hans-Peter, Dirk Hofäcker, Heather Hofmeister & Karin Kurz. 2008. “Globalisierung, Flexibilisierung und der Wandel von Lebensläufen in modernen Gesellschaften.” Pp. 23-46 in “Flexibilisierung – Folgen für Familie und Sozialstruktur”, Marc Szydlik (ed). Wiesbaden (Germany): Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2007. “Intergenerational Economic and Social Capital over the Life Course.” Pp. 42-43 in Life Course: A Handbook of Syllabi & Instructional Materials (Fourth Edition), Robin S. Patterson, Richard Settersten & Dale Dannefer (eds). Washington, D.C.(USA): American Sociological Association.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2007. “Gender and the Life Course: Intergenerational Relationships.” Pp. 44-47 in Life Course: A Handbook of Syllabi & Instructional Materials (Fourth Edition), Robin S. Patterson, Richard Settersten & Dale Dannefer (eds). Washington, D.C.(USA): American Sociological Association.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2007. “Gender and the Life Course: Couples and Mobility.” Pp. 48-50 in Life Course: A Handbook of Syllabi & Instructional Materials (Fourth Edition), Robin S. Patterson, Richard Settersten & Dale Dannefer (eds). Washington, D.C.(USA): American Sociological Association.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2007. “Class Discussion Topics: Approaching Assignments.” P. 207 in Life Course: A Handbook of Syllabi & Instructional Materials (Fourth Edition), Robin S. Patterson, Richard Settersten & Dale Dannefer (eds). Washington, D.C.(USA): American Sociological Association.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2007. “Intergenerational Interview Project.” Pp. 208-209 in Life Course: A Handbook of Syllabi & Instructional Materials (Fourth Edition), Robin S. Patterson, Richard Settersten & Dale Dannefer (eds). Washington, D.C.(USA): American Sociological Association.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2007. “Discussion-oriented Class Format.” Pp. 210-213 in Life Course: A Handbook of Syllabi & Instructional Materials (Fourth Edition), Robin S. Patterson, Richard Settersten & Dale Dannefer (eds). Washington, D.C.(USA): American Sociological Association.
• Hofmeister, Heather & Phyllis Moen. 2006. “Commuting: Pragmatic Choice in Dual-Earner Households.” Pp. 30-31 in Families with Futures: A Survey of Family Studies for the 21st Century, Meg Wilkes Karraker & Janet R. Grochowski (eds). Mahwah, NJ (USA): Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
• Hofmeister, Heather, Hans-Peter Blossfeld & Melinda Mills. 2006. “Globalization, Uncertainty and Women’s Mid-Career Life Courses: A Theoretical Framework.” Pp. 3-31 in Globalization, Uncertainty, and Women’s Careers: An International Comparison, Hans-Peter Blossfeld & Heather Hofmeister (eds). Cheltenham (UK) and Northampton, MA (USA): Edward Elgar.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2006. “Women’s Employment Transitions and Mobility in the United States: 1968-1991.” Pp. 302-326 in Globalization, Uncertainty, and Women’s Careers: An International Comparison, Hans-Peter Blossfeld & Heather Hofmeister (eds). Cheltenham (UK) and Northampton, MA (USA): Edward Elgar.
• Hofmeister, Heather & Hans-Peter Blossfeld. 2006. “Women’s Careers in an Era of Uncertainty: Conclusions from a 13-Country International Comparison.” Pp. 433-450 in Globalization, Uncertainty, and Women’s Careers: An International Comparison, Hans-Peter Blossfeld & Heather Hofmeister (eds). Cheltenham (UK) and Northampton, MA (USA): Edward Elgar.
• Warner, David & Heather Hofmeister. 2006. “Late Career Transitions among Men and Women in the United States.” Pp. 141–182 in Globalization, Uncertainty, and Late Careers in Society, Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz & Dirk Hofäcker (eds). London (UK): Routledge Advances in Sociology Series.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2003. “Commuting Clocks: The Journey to Work.” Pp. 60-79 in It’s About Time: Couples and Careers, Phyllis Moen (ed). Ithaca (USA): Cornell University Press.
• Hofmeister, Heather & Penny Edgell Becker. 2003. “Sunday Morning Rush Hour.” Pp. 203-219 in It’s About Time: Couples and Careers, Phyllis Moen (ed). Ithaca (USA): Cornell University Press.
• Moen, Phyllis, Vivian Fields, Heather Quick, & Heather Hofmeister. 2000. “A Life-Course Approach to Retirement and Social Integration.” Pp. 75-107 in Social Integration in the Second Half of Life, Karl Pillemer, Phyllis Moen, Elaine Wethington & Nina Glasgow (eds). Baltimore (USA): The Johns Hopkins Press.

• Relinkowski, Ilona, Markus Zielonka & Heather Hofmeister. 2007. “Labor market entries and earls careers in the United States of America, 1984-2002” flexCAREER Working Paper No. 10, University of Bamberg (Germany).
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2006. “Literature on Job Mobility in the United States: State-of-the-art of Mobility Research, Chapter 9.” Expertise for the EU Project “Job Mobility and Family Lives in Europe” Workpackage 2. July.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2006. “Context Analysis: United States.” Expertise for the EU Project “Job Mobility and Family Lives in Europe” Workpackage 2. June.
• Blossfeld, Hans-Peter & Heather Hofmeister. 2005. Final Report for the GLOBALIFE Project: Five and a Half Years of International Comparative Research. GLOBALIFE, University of Bamberg (Germany).
• Warner, David & Heather Hofmeister. 2005. “Change across Cohorts in the Retirement Transition: Case Study United States.” GLOBALIFE Working Paper No. 81, University of Bamberg (Germany).
• Grunow, Daniela, Heather Hofmeister & Sandra Buchholz. 2005. “Impacts of Family Formation and Education on Women’s Employment Across Cohorts in West Germany and the United States.” GLOBALIFE Working Paper No. 61, University of Bamberg (Germany).
• Hofmeister, Heather & Hans-Peter Blossfeld. 2005. “Mid-Career Women in Uncertain Times: Findings and Conclusions.” GLOBALIFE Working Paper No. 59, University of Bamberg (Germany).
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2004. “Women’s Employment Transitions in the United States.” GLOBALIFE Working Paper No. 56, University of Bamberg (Germany).
• Hofmeister, Heather, Hans-Peter Blossfeld & Melinda Mills. 2003. “Globalization, Uncertainty and Women’s Mid-Career Life Courses: A Theoretical Framework.” GLOBALIFE Working Paper No. 45, University of Bamberg (Germany).
• Grunow, Daniela, Heather Hofmeister & Sandra Buchholz. 2003. “Rising Uncertainty and the Erosion of the Male Breadwinner Family? Comparing the Implications of Globalization for Women’s Employment in (West) Germany and the U.S.” GLOBALIFE Working Paper No. 43, University of Bamberg (Germany).
• Hofmeister, Heather & Dana Hamplová. 2003. “Is Education the Same Kind of Ticket to Upward Job Mobility for Women in the Czech Republic and the United States?” GLOBALIFE Working Paper No. 42, University of Bamberg (Germany).
• Becker, Penny Edgell & Heather Hofmeister. 2000. “Work Hours and Community Involvement of Dual-Earner Couples: Building Social Capital or Competing for Time?” Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center Working Paper Series, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (USA).
• Becker, Penny Edgell & Heather Hofmeister. 1999a. “The Time Squeeze and Access to Social Capital: Work and Community Involvement in Upstate New York.” Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center Working Paper Series, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (USA).
• Becker, Penny Edgell & Heather Hofmeister. 1999b. “Work, Family, and Religious Involvement for Men and Women: ‘Family Values’ or the Modern Family?” Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center Working Paper Series, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (USA).
• Hofmeister, Heather & Phyllis Moen. 1998. “Long Term Employment and the Marital Quality of Retirees: Links through Gender Roles.” Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center Working Paper Series, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (USA).
• Moen, Phyllis & Heather Hofmeister. 1997. “Marital Quality and the Retirement Transition: Does Couple Congruence Matter?” Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center Working Paper Series, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

• Hünefeld, Anna Lena & Heather Hofmeister. 2009. “Frauen in Führungspositionen - Karrierehindernisse und -chancen für Frauen in Unternehmen.” Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb.de.
• Hofmeister, Heather & Julia Hahmann. 2009. “Explaining gender inequalities in organizations: Where does the inequality creep in? Comparing chances of obtaining a professorship, from application to top list-placement at RWTH Aachen University.” Conference Paper. International Conference Gender and Diversity in Organizations. Paris.
• Röhler, Alexander & Heather Hofmeister. 2008. “Age Stratification and Gender Roles in the German Fertility Crisis.” Conference Paper. International Conference Fertility and Social Stratification - Germany and Japan in Comparison, Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien, Tokyo.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2006. “Literature on Job Mobility in the United States: State-of-the-art of Mobility Research, Chapter 9.” Expertise for the EU Project “Job Mobility and Family Lives in Europe.”
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2006. “Context Analysis: United States.” Expertise for the EU Project “Job Mobility and Family Lives in Europe.”
• Hofmeister, Heather. 2006. “Commuting and Relocation Patterns in the United States and their Consequences for Couples and Families.” Expertise for the EU Project “Job Mobility and Family Lives in Europe.”
• Blossfeld, Hans-Peter & Heather Hofmeister. 2005. “Endbericht für das GLOBALIFE Projekt: Five and a Half Years of International Comparative Research.” GLOBALIFE, University of Bamberg.
• Hofmeister, Heather. 1998. “Marital Quality in Retirement: The Relationship to Gender Ideology and Lifetime Employment of Couples.” Master thesis.

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