Work-life balance : the agency and capabilities gap / edited by Barbara Hobson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hobson, Barbara Meil, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work-life balance.

Work and family.

Quality of life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Across welfare societies policies and norms for work-life balance have emerged alongside rising expectations among working parents to be able to participate in employment and caregiving, and to have more time for family life and leisure. Yet despite this value placed upon work-life balance working parents face increasing work demands, as well as rising numbers of insecure and precarious jobs, both of which produce a deepening sense of economic uncertainty in everyday life. This volume considers not just what individuals do, but also their scope of alternatives to make other choices.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; 1. Introduction: capabilities and agency for worklife balance- a multidimensional framework; Part I. The Individual/Household and the Agency and Capabilities Gap: Policy Frameworks, Norms, and Work Organizational Cultures; 2. The agency gap: policies, norms, and working time capabilities across welfare states; 3. A sense of entitlement? Agency and capabilities in Sweden and Hungary; 4. Worklife balance in Japan: new policies, old practices Mieko Takahashi, Saori Kamano, Tomoko Matsuda, Setsuko Onode, and Kyoko Yoshizumi

5. Agency freedom for worklife balance in Germany and SpainPart II. The Firm Level and the Agency and Capabilities Gap: Policies, Managers, and Work Organization; 6. Workplace worklife balance support from a capabilities perspective; 7. Working time capabilities at the workplace: individual adjustment options between full-time and part-time working in European firms; 8. Capabilities for worklife balance: managerial attitudes and employee practices in the Dutch, British, and Slovenian banking sector

9. Capabilities for worklife balance in the context of increasing work intensity and precariousness in the service sector and the IT industry in a transitional economy10. Conclusion; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-874371-8

0-19-150312-6

OCLC:

868923993