Balancing Jobs and Family Life

Balancing Jobs and Family Life
Author: Halcyone H. Bohen
Publisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1981
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Monograph on the effects of flexible hours of work on conflicting demands of parenting and employment (esp. Of married women woman workers) in the USA - based on a survey of civil servants in Washington D.C., considers sociological aspects and psychological aspects, the influence of traditional sexual division of labour, the effect on quality of working life, child care, job satisfaction, etc., and explains research methodology (incl. Data collecting and data analysis). Bibliography pp. 257 to 329 and tables.

Misbehaviour and Dysfunctional Attitudes in Organizations

Misbehaviour and Dysfunctional Attitudes in Organizations
Author: A. Sagie
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2003-09-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230288820

Misbehaviour in organizations can be difficult for management to detect and correct, and as a consequence, the cost to organizations can be high. This book presents useful theories and empirical evidence that help to describe, explain, predict and control both attitudinal and behavioural problems in an organizational setting. The book analyzes the current research, examines the causes of different types of misbehaviour, and makes suggestions for remedies and managerial practices that can help to reduce its occurrence and impact.

The Future of Work: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

The Future of Work: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
Author: Harvard Business Review
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2021-08-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1647822297

The future is here. How is your organization responding? Amid the turbulence of a global pandemic, worldwide social justice movements, and accelerated digital transformation, one thing is clear—work will no longer be the same. Employees now expect a flexible, inclusive workplace and a deeper connection to their employer. Organizations must commit to doing good for their people and communities. What should you and your company be doing to adapt? The Future of Work: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review will provide you with today's most essential thinking about creating a work-from-anywhere organization, harnessing AI as part of your team, creating an inclusive culture, and building a purpose-driven organization. Business is changing. Will you adapt or be left behind? Get up to speed and deepen your understanding of the topics that are shaping your company's future with the Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review series. Featuring HBR's smartest thinking on fast-moving issues—blockchain, cybersecurity, AI, and more—each book provides the foundational introduction and practical case studies your organization needs to compete today and collects the best research, interviews, and analysis to get it ready for tomorrow. You can't afford to ignore how these issues will transform the landscape of business and society. The Insights You Need series will help you grasp these critical ideas—and prepare you and your company for the future.

Flexible Work and the Family

Flexible Work and the Family
Author: Anja-Kristin Abendroth
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2023-04-19
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1804555924

Building upon the recent global escalation of the remote work phenomenon, Flexible Work and the Family provides timely insights into flexible work’s implications for the increasingly blurred work-life divide.

Work and Quality of Life

Work and Quality of Life
Author: Nora P. Reilly
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2012-05-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 940074059X

Employees have personal responsibilities as well as responsibilities to their employers. They also have rights. In order to maintain their well-being, employees need opportunities to resolve conflicting obligations. Employees are often torn between the ethical obligations to fulfill both their work and non-work roles, to respect and be respected by their employers and coworkers, to be responsible to the organization while the organization is reciprocally responsible to them, to be afforded some degree of autonomy at work while attending to collaborative goals, to work within a climate of mutual employee-management trust, and to voice opinions about work policies, processes and conditions without fear of retribution. Humanistic organizations can recognize conflicts created by the work environment and provide opportunities to resolve or minimize them. This handbook empirically documents the dilemmas that result from responsibility-based conflicts. The book is organized by sources of dilemmas that fall into three major categories: individual, organizational (internal policies and procedures), and cultural (social forces external to the organization), including an introduction and a final integration of the many ways in which organizations can contribute to positive employee health and well-being. This book is aimed at both academicians and practitioners who are interested in how interventions that stem from industrial and organizational psychology may address ethical dilemmas commonly faced by employees.

Flexible Work Arrangements

Flexible Work Arrangements
Author: Benjamin H. Gottlieb
Publisher: Wiley
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998-05-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780471962281

Dramatic changes in the composition of today s workforce combinedwith intense competitive pressures on employers, call for new waysof structuring where, when, and how employees accomplish their jobresponsibilities. This book makes the business case for flexibleworking in an organization, and shows how flexitime, job sharing,telecommuting, and compressed work weeks can be used as strategicmanagement tools. Key features: * identifies ways flexible work arrangements can be designed toenhance the personal well-being and job performance of employees,while improving the corporate bottom line. * provides a comprehensive, systematic framework for planning andimplementing flexible work arrangements, including handyquestionnaire style forms assessing employee needs and evaluatingthe impacts of flexible job arrangements. * uses case studies and calls on advice from those with experiencein diverse organizations in order to show how to position flexiblework arrangements and optimize their beneficial effects. Managers and HR managers should read this book if they arecontemplating or embarking upon more flexible options forscheduling work and assisting employees to achieve a healthybalance between their jobs and the rest of their lives. It providespractical answers and how-to guidelines for designing a moreflexible workplace.

International Handbook of Work and Health Psychology

International Handbook of Work and Health Psychology
Author: Cary Cooper
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 517
Release: 2015-06-22
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1119057000

Now in its third edition, this authoritative handbook offers a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of work and health psychology. Updated edition of a highly successful handbook Focuses on the applied aspects of work and health psychology New chapters cover emerging themes in this rapidly growing field Prestigious team of editors and contributors

The Flexibility Stigma

The Flexibility Stigma
Author: Joan C. Williams
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-07-10
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781118789278

A compendium of research studies from some of the most prominent researchers studying the dynamics of workplace flexibility in organizational psychology, sociology, and law. They explore gender inequality in access to and rewards/punishments from flexible work schedules, paid leave, and telecommuting.

Work-Life Balance in the Modern Workplace

Work-Life Balance in the Modern Workplace
Author: Sarah De Groo
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2017-06-23
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9041186484

The term ‘work-life balance’ refers to the relationship between paid work in all of its various forms and personal life, which includes family but is not limited to it. In addition, gender permeates every aspect of this relationship. This volume brings together a wide range of perspectives from a number of different disciplines, presenting research ndings and their implications for policy at all levels (national, sectoral, enterprise, workplace). Collectively, the contributors seek to close the gap between research and policy with the intent of building a better work-life balance regime for workers across a variety of personal circumstances, needs, and preferences. Among the issues and topics covered are the following: – differences and similarities between men and women and particularly between mothers and fathers in their work choices; – ‘third shift’ work (work at home at night or during weekends); – effect of the extent to which employers perceive management of this process to be a ‘burden’; – employers’ exploitation of the psychological interconnection between masculinity and breadwinning; – organisational culture that is more available for supervisors than for rank and le workers; – weak enforcement mechanisms and token penalties for non-compliance by employers; – trade unions as the best hope for precarious workers to improve work-life balance; – crowd-work (on-demand performance of tasks by persons selected remotely through online platforms from a large pool of potential and generic workers); – an example of how to use work-life balance insights to evaluate the law; – collective self-scheduling; – employers’ duty to accommodate; and – nancial hardship as a serious threat to work-life balance. As it has been shown clearly that work-life con ict is associated with negative health outcomes, exacerbates gender inequalities, and many other concerns, this unusually rich collection of essays will resonate particularly with concerned lawyers and legal academics who ask what work-life balance literature has to offer and how law should respond.