The Work-Family Challenge
eBook - PDF

The Work-Family Challenge

Rethinking Employment

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Work-Family Challenge

Rethinking Employment

About this book

In The Work-Family Challenge contributors from the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States explore the possibilities of challenging traditional employment structures to take account of contemporary work and family realities. They take a critical look at the notion of `family-friendly? employment, and explore ways in which the rapidly changing needs of both organizations and the workforce can be met.

The volume argues that real progress requires moving the focus from specific policies and practices towards more systemic organizational change. It examines the contexts and opportunities - global, international, national, sociopolitical, legal and economic - for this change. The book concludes that positive solutions are attainable but will require a rethinking of employment, with constructive partnerships at many different levels, and with work and family as a core strategic business issue.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Contributors
  4. Foreword
  5. Part 1: The Context for Change
  6. 1 - Rethinking Employment: An Organizational Culture Change Framework
  7. 2 - Reconciling Employment and Family Responsibilities: A European Perspective
  8. 3 - Work-Family Reconciliation and the Law: Intrusion or Empowerment?
  9. Part 2: Policy and Practice
  10. 4 - The Family-Friendly Employer in Europe
  11. 5 - The Restructuring of Work and Family in the United States: A New Challenge for American Corporations
  12. 6 - Formal and Informal Flexibility in the Workplace
  13. 7 - Corporate Relocation Policies
  14. 8 - Developing and Implementing Policies: Midland Bank's Experience
  15. Part 3: Barriers to the Effectiveness of Current Policies and Strategies
  16. 9 - Evaluating the Impact of Family-Friendly Employer Policies: A Case Study
  17. 10 - Constructing Pluralistic Work and Career Arrangements
  18. 11 - Work-Family Issues as a Catalyst for Organizational Change
  19. Conclusion
  20. 12 - Rethinking Employment: A Partnership Approach
  21. Index