ISBN:
9781452268781
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (162 p)
Series Statement:
Contemporary Family Perspectives (CFP)
Parallel Title:
Print version Sweet, Stephen A The Work-Family Interface : An Introduction
DDC:
306.36
Keywords:
Labor policy
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This brief and accessible title integrates contemporary scholarly research with compelling vignettes to make it appealing to both instructors and undergraduate audiences. While focused on the United States in respect to its target audience and emphasis, it contains considerable international data that compares and contrasts social policies adopted in Europe and elsewhere. In so doing, it shows both the strengths and the limitations of the approaches used in the U.S. This title is the only single source that summarizes the origins of work-family concerns, the diversities of needs and experience
Abstract:
Cover Page -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Exhibits -- Series Preface -- Author Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Origins of Contemporary Work-Family Dilemmas -- When Work Separated From Family: The Household Economy Transitions to the Industrial Economy -- When Family and Work Were Defined as Separate Spheres: The Husband/Breadwinner-Wife/Homemaker Economy -- Where We Are Now: Most Every Adult Should Work Outside the Home -- Summary -- Useful Concepts -- Issues to Ponder -- Mini Project
Abstract:
Chapter 2: Diversity of Work, Family, and Work-Family Arrangements -- Diverse Values and Preferences -- Diverse Employment -- Industry/Occupation/Job Variation -- Compensation -- Work Availability and Schedules -- Risk and Insecurity -- Diverse Families -- Kinship Structures -- Caregiving Structures -- Families in the Life Course -- Summary -- Useful Concepts -- Issues to Ponder -- Mini Project -- Chapter 3: Individual and Family Frontiers: Personal Responses to Strained Schedules -- Dominant Culture Metaphors of Connecting Work and Family -- Work-Family Conflict, Spillover, and Segmentation
Abstract:
How People and Families Respond to Work-Family Conflict -- Doing Without -- Repace and Resequence -- Coordination -- Redefine Expectations -- Summary -- Useful Concepts -- Issues to Ponder -- Mini Project -- Chapter 4: Employer Frontiers: Organizational Intransigence and Promising Practices -- The Dual Agenda: Establishing Positive Outcomes for Families and Employers -- Availability and Use of Employer-Provided Family-Responsive Policies and Practices -- Process of Organizational Change: Moving From Awareness to Action -- Rethinking the Scheduling of Work
Abstract:
Flexible Work in Multinational Organizations -- Summary -- Useful Concepts -- Issues to Ponder -- Mini Project -- Chapter 5: Global Perspectives on the Work-Family Interface: International Comparative Analysis and Transnational Relationships -- International Comparative Analysis of Work and Family Relationships -- Intersections of Culture and Policy: National Approaches to Support Care Work -- Family Leave -- Financial Supports for Care Work -- Entitlements That Help Facilitate Integration in the Paid Labor Force -- Three Societal-Level Approaches to Reconciling Work-Family Strains
Abstract:
Approach 1: Emancipate Caregivers from the Need to Work Outside the Home -- Approach 2: Emancipate Workers From Caregiving -- Approach 3: Provide Dual Supports -- Family Well-Being in International Comparative Perspective -- Transnational Concerns -- Transnational Families -- Summary -- Useful Concepts -- Issues to Ponder -- Mini Project -- Chapter 6: Work-Family Interface as a National Priority -- What Governments Can Do -- Making the Case and Understanding Resistance -- Conclusion -- Useful Concepts -- Issues to Ponder -- Mini Projects -- Further Exploration -- References -- Index
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