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Work-Life Balance in the 21st Century
About this book
As we begin the twenty-first century, UK employees work the longest hours in Europe. Workplace stress and home responsibilities are among the top five causes of absence from work. Yet work-life balance has emerged as a key concern for employers, policy makers and the media. This edited volume contains findings from 14 research projects within the ESRC's Future of Work Programme. The research examines the notion of employment flexibility and the effects of gender and care responsibilities on work and work performance. Conflicting needs of employers and employees and the gender divisions in work and family life call into question the feasibility of achieving the Government's aim of work-life balance for everyone.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- List of Contributors
- 1 Work–Life Balance in the 21st Century
- 2 Gender and Work–Life Flexibility in the Labour Market
- 3 The Costs of a Career in Minutes and Morbidity
- 4 Sex Differences in Work–Life Balance Goals
- 5 Working, Caring and Sharing: Work–Life Dilemmas in Early Motherhood
- 6 Part-Time Employment among Women with Preschool Children: Organisational Cultures, Personal Careers and Sense of Entitlement
- 7 'Daddy, I don't like these shifts you're working because I never see you': Coping Strategies for Home and Work
- 8 Mens' Conditions of Employment and the Division of Childcare Between Parents
- 9 Gender, Job Insecurity and the Work–Life Balance
- 10 Workplace Partnership and Work–Life Balance: A Local Government Case Study
- 11 Multiple Burdens: Problems of Work–Life Balance for Ethnic Minority Trade Union Activist Women
- 12 Combining Family and Employment: Evidence from Pakistani and Bangladeshi Women
- 13 Care Workers and Work-Life Balance: The Example of Domiciliary Careworkers
- Index