Work-Life Integration

International Perspectives on the Balancing of Multiple Roles

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

AvP. Blyton,B. Blunsdon,K. Reed,Paul Blyton,Betsy Blunsdon

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Deals with the question of work-life balance and the difficulties of managing multiple roles. The research presented in this collection introduces perspectives 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.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-01-17
Mått140 x 216 x 21 mm
Vikt436 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor246
FörlagPalgrave USA
ISBN9781403946188

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BRITA BUNGUM Doctoral student, Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NorwayLINDA DUXBERY Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, CanadaCARMEL GOULDING PhD student, Deakin University, AustraliaEDMUND HEERY Professor of Employment Relations, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK CHRIS HIGGINS Professor, Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, CanadaHEH JASON HUANG Professor of Management and Dean of International Affairs, National Sun Yat-sen University, TaiwanPAULINE MAYBERY Independent Human Resource ConsultantNICOLA McNEIL Lecturer in Management, LaTrobe University, AustraliaGILL MUSSON Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour and HRM, Sheffield Management School, University of Sheffield, UK TRACY SCURRY Research Fellow, Nottingham Trent University, UK CLAUDIA STEINKE PhD student in Organizational Studies, University of Victoria, CanadaSUSANNE TIETZE Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, Bradford University School of Management, UKRAINER TRINCZEK Professor of Sociology, Technische Universität, Munich, Germany

List of Tables and Figures Preface List of Contributors Introduction: Work, Life and the Work-Life Issue; B.Blunsdon, P.Blyton, K.Reed & A.Dastmalchian Work-life Integration and the Changing Context of Work; P.Blyton & A.Dastmalchian Work-life Balance Policies and Practices in the UK: Views of an HR Practitioner; P.Maybery Bargaining for Balance: Union Policy on Work-Life Issues in the United Kingdom; E.Heery State Policy and Work-life Integration: Past, Present and Future Approaches; B.Blunsdon & N.McNeil Work-Life Balance in Canada: Rhetoric versus Reality; L.Duxbury & C.Higgins Work-life Balance and Flexible Working Hours: The German Experience; R.Trinczek Should Mothers Work? An International Comparison of the Effect of Religion on Women's Work and Family Roles; K.Reed & B.Blunsdon The Childless Working Life; B.Bungum Adult Working Students and Time Use in Taiwan: The Moderating Effects of Credentialism, Job Stress and Family Stress; H.J.Huang Improving Services, Balancing Lives? A Multiple Stakeholder Perspective on the Work-Life Balance Discourse; S.Tietze, G.Musson & T.Scurry Work Patterns and Work-Life Balance Challenges in Canadaian Healthcare; C.Steinke Commitment, Community and Happiness: A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Lifestyle and Work; C.Goulding & K.Reed Author Index Subject Index