ISBN:
9781137006004
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (381 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.36
Keywords:
Office management
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Electronic books
Abstract:
With contributions from thirty authors from fifteen countries, this is a 'white book' for international work-family research and practice. The authors offer a bold look at the future and provide guidelines for future research, focusing on applied, international work-family research.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Part I: Work-Life Policies and Flexible Work Arrangements in Organizations -- 1 Work-Life Policies: Linking National Contexts, Organizational Practice and People for Multi-level Change -- 2 Do Work-Family Policies Really "Work"? Evidence from Indian Call Centres -- Part II: Work-Life Culture and Practices in Organizations -- 3 Deconstructing "Family Supportive Cultures": A Vision for the Future -- 4 Organizational Subcultures and Family Supportive Culture in a Spanish Organization -- Part III: Personal and Professional Careers and Talent Management -- 5 Work-Family Research and Practice: What if the Whole Person Mattered? -- 6 Effects of Gender and Family on Earnings and Career Paths: A Cross-Cultural Study of Europe, the USA and Japan -- Part IV: Decision Making in a Work-Life Context -- 7 The Present and Future of Work-Family Decision Making -- 8 Sex, Gender, and Decisions at the Family-Work Interface -- Part V: Coping and Strategies for Harmonizing Work and Life -- 9 New Directions in Work-Family Coping Research -- 10 Fairly Flexible: Preventing Perceptions of Unfairness in Enactment of Workplace Flexibility -- Part VI: Work-Life Facilitation and Enrichment -- 11 Issues in the Development of Research on Inter-role Enrichment -- 12 The Impact of Co-workers on Work-to-Family Enrichment and Organizational Outcomes -- Part VII: Special Section -- 13 Times are Changing: Gender and Generation at Work and at Home in the USA -- 14 Elucidating the Positive Side of the Work-Family Interface on International Assignments: A Model of Expatriate Work and Family Performance -- 15 Some Future Directions for Work-Family Research in a Global World -- Index.
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