Work-Life Integration International Perspectives on the Managing of Multiple Roles,9781403946188

Work-Life Integration International Perspectives on the Managing of Multiple Roles

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ISBN13: 9781403946188
ISBN10: 1403946183
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-04-18
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

The question of work-life balance and the difficulties of managing multiple roles is attracting considerable interest. This international collection broadens the focus of these debates and presents recent research findings that will further stimulate theoretical development and empirical studies. While much previous research has focused on the challenges faced by working mothers, the research presented in this collection introduces perspectives that have not been widely included in previous work in the field, such as the voice of children, the challenges that students face, the role of both employers and unions and how different occupational groups experience work-life balancing strategies.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
vii
Preface ix
List of Contributors
x
Introduction. Work, Life and the Work-Life Issue
1(16)
Betsy Blunsdon
Paul Blyton
Ken Reed
Ali Dastmalchian
Work-Life Integration and the Changing Context of Work
17(11)
Paul Blyton
Ali Dastmalchian
Work-Life Balance Policies and Practices in the UK: Views of an HR Practitioner
28(14)
Pauline Maybery
Bargaining for Balance: Union Policy on Work-Life Issues in the United Kingdom
42(21)
Edmund Heery
State Policy and Work-Life Integration: Past, Present and Future Approaches
63(19)
Betsy Blunsdon
Nicola McNeil
Work-Life Balance in Canada: Rhetoric versus Reality
82(31)
Linda Duxbury
Christopher Higgins
Work-Life Balance and Flexible Working Hours -- The German Experience
113(22)
Rainer Trinczek
Should Mothers Work? An International Comparison of the Effect of Religion on Women's Work and Family Roles
135(15)
Ken Reed
Betsy Blunsdon
The Childless Working Life
150(17)
Brita Bungum
Adult Working Students and Time Use in Taiwan: The Moderating Effects of Credentialism, Job Stress and Family Stress
167(13)
Heh Jason Huang
Improving Services, Balancing Lives? A Multiple Stakeholder Perspective on the Work-Life Balance Discourse
180(16)
Susanne Tietze
Gill Musson
Tracy Scurry
Work Patterns and Work-Life Balance Challenges in Canadian Healthcare
196(20)
Claudia Steinke
Commitment, Community and Happiness: A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Lifestyle and Work
216(18)
Carmel Goulding
Ken Reed
Author Index 234(6)
Subject Index 240

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