Gender equality and work-life balance : glass handcuffs and working men in the U.S. / Sarah Jane Blithe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blithe, Sarah, author.

Series:

Routledge research in employment relations ; 35.

Routledge Research in Employment Relations ; 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work and family--United States.

Work and family.

Work-life balance--United States.

Work-life balance.

Family leave--United States.

Family leave.

Fatherhood--United States.

Fatherhood.

Discrimination in employment--United States.

Discrimination in employment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pressure to achieve work-life ""balance"" has recently become a significant part of the cultural fabric of working life in United States. A very few privileged employees tout their ability to find balance between their careers and the rest of their lives, but most employees face considerable organizational and economic constraints which hamper their ability to maintain a reasonable ""balance"" between paid work and other life aspects-and it is not only women who struggle. Increasingly men find it difficult to ""do it all."" Women have long noted the near impossibility of balancing multiple rol

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Outlining the Glass Handcuffs Phenomenon""; ""PART I Contexts for the Glass Handcuffs Phenomenon""; ""2 Organizational Contexts for the Glass Handcuffs Phenomenon""; ""3 Situating Leave of Absence Policies""; ""4 Perceptions and Meanings of Work-Life Balance and Leaves of Absence for Men""; ""PART II Causes for the Glass Handcuffs""; ""5 Macro Discourses of Dedication, Passion, and Commitment""; ""6 ""But I Was a Programmer before I Was a Dad"": Occupational Uniqueness and Occupational Identity""

""7 ""It Is My Responsibility to Find the Right Balance"": Entrepreneurialism as a Constraint""""8 ""It's Kind of . . . a Man Thing"": Gender, Economics, and the Impossibility of Leave""; ""9 ""Who Needs Time Off?"" Reframing Leaves of Absence as Unnecessary""; ""PART III Finding the Key: Why Understanding the Glass Handcuffs Matters""; ""10 Conclusions and Implications of the Glass Handcuffs""; ""Appendix A: Feminist Standpoint Theory and Researcher Positionality""; ""Appendix B: Data Collection and Analysis""; ""Index""

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

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ISBN:

9781138600010

1138600016

9781315719191

1315719193

9781317515258

1317515250

OCLC:

911000845

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access