- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; illustrated edition edition (17 Jan 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1403946183
- ISBN-13: 978-1403946188
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.2 x 2.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,444,977 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The question of work-life balance and the difficulties of integrating multiple roles is attracting considerable interest. This international collection broadens the focus of current debates and presents recent research findings that will aid understanding, and further stimulate both theoretical development and empirical studies. While much previous research has focused on the challenges faced by working mothers, the research presented in this collection extends this by introducing perspectives that have not been widely included in previous work in the field, such as the voice of children, the challenges that students face, the impact of religion on attitudes to work, and the different issues and approaches of employers, trade unions and the state to work-life balance. Findings from a variety of research approaches are discussed, ranging from in-depth interviews to analysis of cross-national survey data.
About the Author
PAUL BLYTON is Professor of Industrial Relations and Industrial Sociology at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK and a Research Associate, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS). His main research interests include workers' response to work organization change, their experience of different work time schedules, and the implications of working time patterns for non-work life. He is currently preparing a new 3rd edition of The Realities of Work (with M. Noon, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) and co-editing (with N. Bacon, E. Heery and J. Fiorito) The Handbook of Industrial Relations (Sage, 2007).
BETSY BLUNSDON is a Senior Lecturer in Management at Deakin University, Australia. Her main research interests include understanding the relationship between individuals' lives and the communities in which they live, workplace norms and trust relationships, and the impact of organizational change on work, family and community. Her publications include work on organizational flexibility, employee-management trust and confidence in Australian institutions. Her current projects include an Australian Research Council Linkage grant to create a knowledge base to better understand the interactions between individuals and their communities.
KEN REED is Associate Professor of Management Research and Associate Director of the Centre for Business Research, Deakin University, Australia. His main areas of research are in organizational theory and the sociology of work. He has published studies on workplace norms and trust, organizational flexibility, public confidence in Australian companies, measuring workplace morale, the relationship between organizations and their environments, and a typology of Australian workplaces. His main focus presently is a project to develop a national computer-assisted survey research facility through a network of centres in universities throughout Australia.
ALI DASTMALCHIAN is Professor of Organizational Analysis and Dean of the Faculty of Business, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. His main research interests include organizational design, change and flexibility, organizational and industrial relations climates, cross-national leadership and organizational practices. Among his current research projects is a Canadian Health Services Research Foundation funded project on organizational change in health care. He has published widely, with articles in such journals as Academy of Management Executive, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science and International Journal of Human Resource Management.
BETSY BLUNSDON is a Senior Lecturer in Management at Deakin University, Australia. Her main research interests include understanding the relationship between individuals' lives and the communities in which they live, workplace norms and trust relationships, and the impact of organizational change on work, family and community. Her publications include work on organizational flexibility, employee-management trust and confidence in Australian institutions. Her current projects include an Australian Research Council Linkage grant to create a knowledge base to better understand the interactions between individuals and their communities.
KEN REED is Associate Professor of Management Research and Associate Director of the Centre for Business Research, Deakin University, Australia. His main areas of research are in organizational theory and the sociology of work. He has published studies on workplace norms and trust, organizational flexibility, public confidence in Australian companies, measuring workplace morale, the relationship between organizations and their environments, and a typology of Australian workplaces. His main focus presently is a project to develop a national computer-assisted survey research facility through a network of centres in universities throughout Australia.
ALI DASTMALCHIAN is Professor of Organizational Analysis and Dean of the Faculty of Business, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. His main research interests include organizational design, change and flexibility, organizational and industrial relations climates, cross-national leadership and organizational practices. Among his current research projects is a Canadian Health Services Research Foundation funded project on organizational change in health care. He has published widely, with articles in such journals as Academy of Management Executive, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science and International Journal of Human Resource Management.
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