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Work-Life Balance in the 21st Century: Future of Work

Editat de D. Houston
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 apr 2005
As we begin the twenty-first century, UK employees work the longest hours in Europe. Workplace stress and home responsibilities are among the top five causes of absence from work. Yet work-life balance has emerged as a key concern for employers, policy makers and the media. This edited volume contains findings from 14 research projects within the ESRC's Future of Work Programme. The research examines the notion of employment flexibility and the effects of gender and care responsibilities on work and work performance. Conflicting needs of employers and employees and the gender divisions in work and family life call into question the feasibility of achieving the Government's aim of work-life balance for everyone.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781403920621
ISBN-10: 1403920621
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: XV, 271 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Ediția:2005
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Future of Work

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Work-Life Balance in the Twenty First Century; D.M.Houston Gender and Work-Life Flexibility in the Labour Market; A.Booth & J.Frank The Cost of a Career in Minutes and Morbidity; M.Rose Sex Differences in Work-Life Balance Goals; C.Hakim Working, Caring and Sharing: Work-Life Dilemmas in Early Motherhood; D.M.Houston & G.Marks Part-Time Employment Among Women with Pre-School Children: Organizational Cultures, Personal Careers and Sense of Entitlement; M.Sigala "Daddy, I Don't Like these Shifts You're Working on Because I Never See You": Coping Strategies for Home and Work; J.Hyman, D.Scholarios & C.Baldry The Future of Work and the Division of Childcare Between Parents; I.Bruegel & A.Gray Gender, Job Insecurity and the Work-Life Balance; N.Charles & E.James Workplace Partnership and Work-Life Balance: A Local Government Case Study; S.Tailby, M.Richardson, A.Danford, P.Stewart & M.Upchurch Multiple Burdens: Problems of Work-Life Balance for Ethnic Minority Trade Union Activist Women; H.Bradley, G.Healy & N.Mukherjee Combining Family and Employment: Evidence from Pakistani and Bangladeshi Women; A.Dale Care Workers and Work/Life Balance: The Example of Domiciliary Care Workers; C.Ungerson & S.Yeandle

Recenzii

'This important book is the culmination of seven years of study, carried out by economists, psychologists and sociologists in the UK. It's not a self-help book, but an in-depth analysis of UK working practices, from stay-at-home parents and part-time workers to workaholics. Readers may gain inspiration from some of the book's case studies, and employers may find useful the discussion of flexible and part-time working. It's a valuable overview of how we live and work.' - Management Today
'...a highly useful volume offering something to readers from different disciplines and with different perspectives, but at the same time presenting an opportunity to engage with the debate in a broader manner.' - Gill Kirton, Industrial Relations Journal

Notă biografică

CHRIS BALDRY Professor of Human Resource Management, University of Stirling, UKALISON BOOTH Professor of Economics, Australian National University, Australia and University of Essex, UKHARRIET BRADLEY Professor of Sociology and Dean, School of Social Science and Law, University of Bristol, UK IRENE BRUEGEL Professor, ESRC Families and Social Capital Research Group, London South Bank University, UKNICKIE CHARLES Professor of Sociology, University of Wales, UKANGELA DALE Professor of Quantitative Social Research, Cathie March Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester, UKANDY DANFORD Reader in Employment Relations, Employment Studies Research Unit, Bristol Business School, BUWE, UKJEFF FRANK Professor of Economics, Royal Holloway College, University of London, UKANNE GRAY Doctor, ESRC Families and Social Capital Research Group, London South Bank University, UKCATHERINE HAKIM Senior Research Fellow, Sociology Department, London School of Economics, UKGERALDINE HEALY Professor of Employment Relations, Centre for Business Management, Queen Mary, University of London, UKEDMUND HEERY Professor of Human Resource Management, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff UniversityJEFF HYMAN Professor of Human Resource Management, Department of Management Studies, University of Aberdeen Business School, UKEMMA JAMES Research Fellow, National Centre for Public Policy, University of Wales, UKGILLIAN MARKS Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Metropolitan University, UKNUPUR MUKHERJEE Former Research Officer, University of Bristol, UKMIKE RICHARDSON Senior Researcher in Industrial Relations, Employment Studies Research Unit, Bristol Business School, BUWE, UKMICHAEL ROSE Professorial Research Fellow, Department of Social and Policy Studies, University of Bath, UKDORA SCHOLARIOS Reader in Organisational Behaviour, University of Aberdeen Business School, UKMARIA SIGALA Researcher, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford, UKPAUL STEWART Professor of the Sociology of Work and Employment, Employment Studies Research Unit, Bristol Business School, BUWE, UKSTEPHANIE TAILBY Principal Lecturer in Employment Relations, Employment Studies Research Unit, Bristol Business School, BUWE, UKCLARE UNGERSON Honorary Professor of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, UKMARTIN UPCHURCH Reader in International Employment Relations, Employment Studies Research Unit, Bristol Business School, BUWE, UKSUE YEANDLE Professor of Sociology and Director, Center for Social Inclusion, Sheffield Hallam University, UK