ISBN:
9780203115091
,
0415893763
,
9780415893763
,
9781283547710
,
9781136293962
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 173 p
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Management, organizations and society (London, England) v. 28
Parallel Title:
Print version Men, Wage Work and Family
DDC:
306.3/6
Keywords:
Family policy
;
Hours of labor
;
Men Employment
;
Work and family
;
Work-life balance
;
Dual-career families
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
In the last two decades there has been a plethora of research on a range of subjects collectively and rhetorically known as 'work-life balance'. The bulk of this research, which spans disciplines including feminist sociology, industrial relations and management, has focused on the significant concerns of employed women and/or dual career couples. Less attention has been devoted to scholarship which explicitly examines men and masculinities in this context. Meanwhile, public and organizational discourse is largely espoused in gender neutral terms, often neglecting salient gendered issues whi
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Men, Wage Work and Family; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; 1. Introduction Locating Men in the Work-Life Nexus; 2. The Work-Family Dilemmas of Japan's Salarymen; 3. The Gender Equal Father? The (Welfare) Politics of Masculinity in Sweden, 1960-2010; 4. Men's Work-Life Choices Supporting Fathers at Work in France and Britain?; 5. Inside the Glass Tower The Construction of Masculinities in Finance Capital*; 6. Time Greedy Workplaces and Marriageable Men The Paradox in Men's Fathering Beliefs and Strategies
Description / Table of Contents:
7. Men, 'Father Managers' and Home-Work Relations Complexities and Contradictions in National Policy, Corporations and Individual Lives8. Emotional Dimensions of Fathering and Work-Family Boundaries; 9. All Roads Lead to Hearth and Home How Young Professional Men Envision the Work, Leisure and Community Nexus; 10. Happiness under Pressure The Importance of Leisure Time among Fathers in Dual-Earner Households; Contributors; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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