ISBN:
0470094605
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0470094613
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0470713267
,
9780470094600
,
9780470094617
,
9780470713266
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxii, 111 p)
,
26 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Myth of Work-Life Balance : The Challenge of Our Time for Men, Women and Societies
DDC:
306.3/61
Keywords:
Work and family
;
Women Employment
;
Men Employment
Abstract:
The pace of the century - with a global 24-hour market and warp, speed developments in information and communications technology - have blurred even further the boundaries between work and personal life. This book offers creative solutions for integrating work and life in local, national, and global contexts
Abstract:
Many regard the ways in which paid work can be combined or 'balanced' with other parts of life as an individual concern and a small, rather self-indulgent problem in today's world. Some feel that worrying about a lack of time or energy for family relationships or friendships is a luxury or secondary issue when compared with economic growth or development. In the business world and among many Governments around the world, the importance of paid work and the primacy of economic competitiveness, whatever the personal costs, is almost accepted wisdom. Profits and short term efficiency gains are of
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; About the Authors; Foreword by Robert B. Reich; Foreword by Tripti P. Desai; Acknowledgements; PROLOGUE: Global Stories from the Front Line; PART I: Setting the Scene; CHAPTER 1: A Pivotal Challenge in the Global Context; CHAPTER 2: Evolutions and Developments in Seven Countries; CHAPTER 3: Thinking about Change at Multiple Levels; PART II: Making the Connections; CHAPTER 4: The Invasiveness of Paid Work; CHAPTER 5: Care and Connections: Families, Communities, Friendships and Care of the Self; CHAPTER 6: Reciprocal Relationships between Men and Women: A Critical Issue
Description / Table of Contents:
PART III: Moving ForwardsCHAPTER 7: Visions and Strategies for Change; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [99]-106) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1002/9780470713266
URL:
http://www.myilibrary.com?id=36235&ref=toc
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470713266
URL:
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URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470713266
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