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Men, wage work and family / edited by Paula McDonald and Emma Jeanes.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Management, organizations and society (London, England) ; v. 28.
- Routledge studies in management, organizations and society ; 28
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Work and family.
- Men--Employment.
- Men.
- Work-life balance.
- Dual-career families.
- Hours of labor.
- Family policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the last two decades there has been a plethora of research on a range of subjects collectively and rhetorically known as 'work-life balance'. The bulk of this research, which spans disciplines including feminist sociology, industrial relations and management, has focused on the significant concerns of employed women and/or dual career couples. Less attention has been devoted to scholarship which explicitly examines men and masculinities in this context. Meanwhile, public and organizational discourse is largely espoused in gender neutral terms, often neglecting salient gendered issues whi
- Contents:
- Cover; Men, Wage Work and Family; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; 1. Introduction Locating Men in the Work-Life Nexus; 2. The Work-Family Dilemmas of Japan's Salarymen; 3. The Gender Equal Father? The (Welfare) Politics of Masculinity in Sweden, 1960-2010; 4. Men's Work-Life Choices Supporting Fathers at Work in France and Britain?; 5. Inside the Glass Tower The Construction of Masculinities in Finance Capital*; 6. Time Greedy Workplaces and Marriageable Men The Paradox in Men's Fathering Beliefs and Strategies
- 7. Men, 'Father Managers' and Home-Work Relations Complexities and Contradictions in National Policy, Corporations and Individual Lives8. Emotional Dimensions of Fathering and Work-Family Boundaries; 9. All Roads Lead to Hearth and Home How Young Professional Men Envision the Work, Leisure and Community Nexus; 10. Happiness under Pressure The Importance of Leisure Time among Fathers in Dual-Earner Households; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-29395-7
- 1-283-54771-6
- 9786613860163
- 1-136-29396-5
- 0-203-11509-0
- 9780203115091
- OCLC:
- 829462029
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