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Work Less, Live More?
Critical Analysis of the Work-Life Boundary
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Work Less, Live More?
Critical Analysis of the Work-Life Boundary
About this book
The boundary between work and life is today seen as a major point of tension. New forms of employment and changing locations of work have blurred the distinction between paid labour and private life.
Work Less, Live More? refocuses the debate from how we balance life and work to the increasingly ambiguous point where they meet. Leading scholars present international research to demonstrate the effects of this shift. Case studies include, amongst others, call centre workers, hairstylists and even professional athletes.
Authoritative yet accessible, Work Less, Live More? investigates dramatic changes at the heart of Human Resource Management, Sociology and Organisation Studies.
Key Features:
- Offers a critical understanding of new modes of work and how workers experience and manage the resulting tensions between work and life
- Rethinks work-life balance and the boundary between work and life internationally and across a range of occupations
- The only textbook to focus on changing patterns and definitions of the relationship between work and life
Work Less, Live More? refocuses the debate from how we balance life and work to the increasingly ambiguous point where they meet. Leading scholars present international research to demonstrate the effects of this shift. Case studies include, amongst others, call centre workers, hairstylists and even professional athletes.
Authoritative yet accessible, Work Less, Live More? investigates dramatic changes at the heart of Human Resource Management, Sociology and Organisation Studies.
Key Features:
- Offers a critical understanding of new modes of work and how workers experience and manage the resulting tensions between work and life
- Rethinks work-life balance and the boundary between work and life internationally and across a range of occupations
- The only textbook to focus on changing patterns and definitions of the relationship between work and life
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Yes, you can access Work Less, Live More? by Chris Warhurst,Doris Ruth Eikhof,Axel Haunschild in PDF and/or ePUB format. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Contributors
- 1 Out of Balance or Just Out of Bounds? Analysing the Relationship between Work and Life
- 2 Work-Life Outcomes in Australia: Concepts, Outcomes and Policy
- 3 Work-Life Balance: Three Terms in Search of a Definition
- 4 The Boundary Problem in Work-Life Balance Studies: Theorising the Total Responsibility Burden
- 5 On the Edge of the Time Bind: Time and Market Culture
- 6 What Makes the Home Boundary Porous? The Influence of Work Characteristics on the Permeability of the Home Domain
- 7 Work Relations and the Multiple Dimensions of the Work-Life Boundary: Hairstyling at Home
- 8 Getting the Job Done: The Impact of Employees’ Conception of Work on Work-Life Balance
- 9 Occupation Matters – Blurring Work-Life Boundaries in Mobile Care and the Media Industry
- 10 Re-Establishing Boundaries in Home-Based Telework
- 11 Frustrated Ambitions: The Reality of Balancing Work and Life for Call Centre Employees
- 12 Recreational Use or Performance Enhancing? Doping Regulation and Professional Sport
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- eCopyright