Research handbook on work-life balance : emerging issues and methodological challenges / edited by Sonia Bertolini, Barbara Poggio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Poggio, Barbara, editor.

Bertolini, Sonia, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work-life balance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.

Summary:

"This innovative and thought-provoking Research Handbook explores the theoretical debate surrounding work-life balance, and provides a reflection on the opportunity to adopt multilevel research approaches and perspectives, along gender and temporal axes. The Research Handbook is an international overview of current research on work-life balance, considered in macro, meso and micro perspectives. Offering both theoretical reflections and empirical research examples illustrating the multiple strategies through which the different articulations that characterize the work-life intersection can be analysed, this Research Handbook includes analyses of gendered labour, generational assets and technological changes. Contributors provide translation and actualization of specific research practices and methodological choices, focused on different national contexts. The empirical analysis ranges from comparative research based on quantitative methods, to qualitative approaches centered on longitudinal, discursive and narrative perspectives, and mixed-method studies. Further contributions adopt innovative research methods based on the use of digital and visual technologies. This Research Handbook will be an inspiring read for both undergraduate and postgraduate sociology and social policy students. The book is also addressed to researchers, consultants and policy makers interested in work-life balance issues"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction to the research handbook on work-life balance / Sonia Bertolini and Barbara Poggio

Part I: Theoretical and methodological framework

2. Work-life balance and beyond: Premises and challenges / Anna Carreri, Annalisa Dordoni, and Barbara Poggio

3. Doing research on work-life balance / Sonia Bertolini and Rosy Musumeci

Part II: Multilevel perspectives along gender and temporal axes

4. Research on work-life balance: A gender structure analysis / Emily Hallgren and Barbara J. Risman

5. Work-life balance through the life course / Jeanne Ganault and Ariane Pailhé

6. Work-(later) life balance: Shifting the temporal frame / Anne E. Barrett, Rachel Douglas and Jessica Noblitt

Part III: Comparative research (approaches and studies)

7. The household division of labour in Europe: A multilevel perspective / Dirk Hofäcker and Simone Braun

8. Subjective work-family conflicts: The challenge of studying self-employed workers / Rossella Bozzon and Annalisa Murgia

Part IV: Longitudinal, discursive and narrative analysis

9. Qualitative longitudinal research for studying work-family balance (before and after childbirth) / Manuela Naldini

10. Fathers in focus: Two discursive analyses on addressing men, work and care / Suvi Heikkinen, Marjut Jyrkinen and Emilia Kangas

11. Work-life balance for fathers during paternal leave in norway: A narrative approach / Kristine Warhuus Smeby and Ulla Forseth

Part V: Mixed and multimethod research

12. Beyond the lines: Gender, work, and care in the new economy - a view from the u.s. / Kathleen Gerson and Mauro Migliavacca

13. The effect of childcare facilities on labour market participation among young adults in Estonia: A mixed-methods study / Kadri Täht, Marge Unt and Epp Reiska

14. Flexible work arrangements and diversity through a comparative and multilevel lens / Eleni Stavrou and Myrto Anastassiadou

Part VI: Digital and visual methods

15. The gendered labour of work-life balance: Using a new method to understand an enduring dilemma / Julia Cook and Dan Woodman

16. 'My work is full of gossipers so i tried to keep my pregnancy secret': 'distant' netnography as a qualitative method for exploring work-life balance among pregnant and breastfeeding employees / Caroline Gatrell

17. The performance of oneself through visuals in interviews: Queering the work-life binary / Marjan De Coster and Patrizia Zanoni

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Bertolini, Sonia Research Handbook on Work-Life Balance

ISBN:

1-78897-605-3