Work-Life Balance in the 21st Century

1. Work-Life Balance in the 21st Century
Diane M. Houston

2. Gender and Work-Life Flexibility in the Labour Market
Alison L. Booth, Jeff Frank

3. The Costs of a Career in Minutes and Morbidity
Michael Rose

4. Sex Differences in Work-Life Balance Goals
Catherine Hakim

5. Working, Caring and Sharing: Work-Life Dilemmas in Early Motherhood
Diane M. Houston, Gillian Marks

6. Part-Time Employment among Women with Preschool Children: Organisational Cultures, Personal Careers and Sense of Entitlement
Maria Sigala

7. ‘Daddy, I don’t like these shifts you’re working because I never see you’: Coping Strategies for Home and Work
Jeff Hyman, Dora Scholarios, Chris Baldry

8. Mens’ Conditions of Employment and the Division of Childcare Between Parents
Irene Bruegel, Anne Gray

9. Gender, Job Insecurity and the Work-Life Balance
Nickie Charles, Emma James

10. Workplace Partnership and Work-Life Balance: A Local Government Case Study
Stephanie Tailby, Mike Richardson, Andy Danford, Paul Stewart, Martin Upchurch

11. Multiple Burdens: Problems of Work-Life Balance for Ethnic Minority Trade Union Activist Women
Harriet Bradley, Geraldine Healy, Nupur Mukherjee

12. Combining Family and Employment: Evidence from Pakistani and Bangladeshi Women
Angela Dale

13. Care Workers and Work—Life Balance: The Example of Domiciliary Careworkers
Clare Ungerson, Sue Yeandle

Nyckelord: Business and Management, Human Resource Management, Sociology of Work, Office Management