| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 197 pages) |
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Routledge Research in Employment Relations |
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Routledge research in employment relations.
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| Contents |
Working time trends and work-life balance in Europe since the onset of the Great Recession / Colette Fagan and Greet Vermeylen -- Work-life balance, health and well-being in times of austerity / Gail Kinman and Almuth McDowall -- Employer support for work-life balance in recession : findings for britain from the workplace employment relations survey / Lucy Stokes and Stephen Wood -- Work-life balance and austerity : implications of new ways of working in British public sector organisations / Clare Lyonette, Deirdre Anderson, Suzan Lewis, Nicola Payne and Stephen Wood -- Regulating work and care relationships in a time of austerity : a legal perspective / Nicole Busby and Grace James -- Trade unions and work-life balance : the impact of the Great Recession in France and the UK / Susan Milner -- Work-life balance and class : in search of working-class work-lives / Tracey Warren -- Self-employment in times of economic crisis : work-life challenges / Laura den Dulk, Anne Annink and Bram Peper -- The physical workplace and work-life balance : perspectives from practice / Ziona Strelitz -- Revisiting the dual agenda : why companies miss the point if they retract flexible work arrangements during bad times / Hyosun Kim, Lotte Bailyn and Deborah M. Kolb -- Towards a triple agenda for work-life balance beyond recession and austerity / Deirdre Anderson, Jonathan Swan and Suzan Lewis |
| Summary |
This book reflects the enormous interest in work-life balance and current pressing concerns about the impacts of austerity more broadly. It draws on contemporary research and practitioner experiences to explore how work-life balance and related workplace and social policy fare in turbulent economic times and the implications for employees, employers and wider societies. Authors consider workplace trends, practices and employment relations and the impacts on work, care and well-being of diverse workers. A guiding theme throughout the book is a dual agenda of supporting employee work-life balance, workplace effectiveness and social justice. The final chapters present case studies of innovative processes and organizational practices for addressing the triple agenda, note the important role of social policy context and discuss the challenge of extending debates on work-life balance to include a social justice dimension. This book will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students of organisational psychology, sociology, human resource management, management and business studies, law and social policy, as well as employers, managers, HR managers, trade unions, and policy makers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Work and family -- Europe -- Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Economic history
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Work and family
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Europe
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lewis, Suzan, editor
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Anderson, Deirdre (Business consultant), editor.
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Lyonette, Clare, editor
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Payne, Nicola, editor
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Wood, Stephen, editor
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| ISBN |
9781317405658 |
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131740565X |
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9781317405641 |
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1317405641 |
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9781315683263 |
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1315683261 |
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