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Work, families and organisations in transition : European perspectives / edited by Suzan Lewis, Julia Brannen and Ann Nilsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Work and family--Europe.
- Work and family.
- Organizational sociology.
- Labor market--Europe.
- Labor market.
- Quality of work life--Europe.
- Quality of work life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 214 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Policy Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Based upon cross-national case studies of public and private sector workplaces, <i>Work, Families and Organisations in Transition</i> illustrates how workplace practices and policies impact on employees' experiences of work-life balance in contemporary shifting contexts.
- Contents:
- Work, families and organisations intransition; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Work, family and organisations in transition: setting the context; 2. Research design and methods: doing comparative cross-national research; 3. Working parenthood in a social services context: a UK case; 4. Social service as human service: between loyalties; a Swedish case; 5. Organisational social capital and its role in the support of working parents: the case of a public social assistance agency in Bulgaria
- 6. Old rights in new times: the experiences of parents in a Slovenian organisation7. Work-life initiatives and organisational change in a UK private sector company: a transformational approach?; 8. Work-family policies in a contradictory culture: a Dutch financial sector corporation; 9. Parents and organisational change: a cross-sector comparison of two Norwegian organisations; 10. Changing contexts, enduring roles? Working parents in Portuguese public and private sector organisations; 11. Comparing flexible working arrangements across organisational contexts; 12. In conclusion; Appendix
- ReferencesIndex
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022).
- Includes bibliography and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612501647
- 9781447304326
- 1447304322
- 9781282501645
- 128250164X
- 9781847422217
- 1847422217
- OCLC:
- 607347120
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