eBook - ePub
The Flexibility Paradox
Why Flexible Working Leads to (Self-)Exploitation
- 270 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
The Flexibility Paradox
Why Flexible Working Leads to (Self-)Exploitation
About this book
Does flexible working really provide a better work-life balance?
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, flexible working has become the norm for many workers. This volume offers an original examination of flexible working using data from 30 European countries and drawing on studies conducted in Australia, the US and India. Rather than providing a better work-life balance, the book reveals how flexible working can lead to exploitation, which manifests differently for women and men, such as more care responsibilities or increased working hours.
Taking a critical stance, this book investigates the potential risks and benefits of flexible working and provides crucial policy recommendations for overcoming the negative consequences.
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Yes, you can access The Flexibility Paradox by Heejung Chung,Chung, Heejung in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Human Resource Management. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures, Tables and Box
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: The flexibility paradox and contexts
- 2 The demand for and trends in flexible working
- 3 The dual nature of flexibility: family-friendly or performance-oriented logic?
- 4 The outcomes of flexible working
- 5 The flexibility paradox: why more freedom at work leads to more work
- 6 The empirical evidence of the flexibility paradox
- 7 Gendered flexibility paradox
- 8 Flexibility stigma and the rewards of flexible working
- 9 The importance of contexts
- 10 COVID-19 and flexible working
- 11 Conclusion: Where do we go from here?
- Appendix
- References
- Index