Work-Family Interface

Sampson Lee Blair is a Family Sociologist at The State University of New York (Buffalo), USA. His research focuses upon parent-child relationships, with particular emphasis on child and adolescent development. A Fulbright Scholar Award recipient, he has served as Chair of the Children and Youth research section of the American Sociological Association, and has taught in China and the Philippines.Josip Obradović is a full Professor at the Catholic University of Croatia. He has taught as Visiting Professor at New York University and University of Georgia, and was a Fulbright Professor at Colorado College. He has published more than 100 research papers in Croatian and English, in addition to several books.

• Chapter 1. Stability in Mothers' Work Hours in Early Childhood and Children's Achievement in Kindergarten; Kei Nomaguchi and Marshal Neal FettroChapter 2. Social and Cultural Context of Family Policy and the Employment of Mothers of Small Children. The Example of Poland; Ewa Giermanowska and Mariola RacławChapter 3. Lone Mothers’ Negotiation of Competing Employment and Parenting Responsibilities in the Contemporary British 'Worker Citizenship' Context; Nicola CarrollChapter 4. Perceived Work-Family Balance and Engagement Behaviors of Fathers of Infants; Melissa Rector LaGraff and Heidi E. StolzChapter 5. Parental Involvement and Educational Performance among Taiwanese Adolescents: Comparing Dual-Earner and Single-Earner Families; Yi-Ping Shih, Wen-Hsu Lin, and Chin-Chun YiChapter 6. A Longitudinal Examination of Work-Family Conflict among Working Mothers in the United States; Hassan Raza, Bradley van Eeden-Moorefield, Joseph G. Grzywacz, Miriam R. Linver, and Soyoung LeeChapter 7. Motivation for Night Work and Parents' Work-to-Family Conflict and Life Satisfaction; Matthew WeinshenkerChapter 8. Strategies for Balance: Examining How Parents of Color Navigate Work and Life in the Academy; Madeleine Novich and Janet Garcia-HallettChapter 9. Diabetes as a Consequence of Work-Family Conflicts and Gender Violence in México; Lukasz Czarnecki and Delfino Vargas ChanesChapter 10. Multi-Faceted Household Dependency, Work-Family Conflict, and Self-Rated Health in Five High-Income Countries; Tyler W. Myroniuk and Shannon N. DavisChapter 11. For Better or For Worse: Nonstandard Work Schedules and Self-Rated Health across Marital Status; Shannon Leigh ShenChapter 12. How Do Nurses Perceive Role-Taking and Emotional Labor Processes to Influence Work-Family Spillover?; Jamie J. ChapmanChapter 13. Penalty for Success? Career Achievement and Gender Differences in Divorce; H. Colleen Stuart, Sue H. Moon and Tiziana CasciaroChapter 14. "I really don’t have a career. I just work and I like doing my work." A Qualitative Study on the Meaning of Work for Low-income Women from a Family Perspective; Sarah A. Burcher and Kadie L. AusherbauerChapter 15. Telework and Work–Family Conflict across Workplaces: Investigating the Implications of Work-Family-Supportive and High-Demand Workplace Cultures; Anja-Kristin Abendroth and Mareike ReimannChapter 16. Evaluating Relational Factors as Possible Protective Factors for Work-Life Balance via a Linear Mixed Effects Model; Aimee HubbardChapter 17. What I Think You Think about Family and Work: Pluralistic Ignorance and the Ideal Worker Norm; Christin L. Munsch and Lindsey Trimble O'Connor