Making Work and Family Work
From hard choices to smart choices
1st Edition
Published on 26. July 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
164 pages
978-1-138-01741-2 (ISBN)
Description
Making Work and Family Work investigates the difficult choices that contemporary employees must face when juggling work and family with a view to identifying the smart choices that all parties involved-society, employers, employees and families-should make to promote greater work-life balance.
Leading scholars Jeffrey Greenhaus and Gary Powell begin by identifying the factors that work against an employee's ability to be effective and satisfied in their work and family roles. From there, they examine a variety of factors that impact the decision-making process that employees and their families can use to enhance employees' feelings of work-family balance and families' well-being.
Covering a comprehensive set of topics and perspectives, this fascinating book will appeal to upper-level students of human resource management, organizational behavior, industrial/organizational psychology, sociology, and economics, as well as to thoughtful and engaged professionals.
Leading scholars Jeffrey Greenhaus and Gary Powell begin by identifying the factors that work against an employee's ability to be effective and satisfied in their work and family roles. From there, they examine a variety of factors that impact the decision-making process that employees and their families can use to enhance employees' feelings of work-family balance and families' well-being.
Covering a comprehensive set of topics and perspectives, this fascinating book will appeal to upper-level students of human resource management, organizational behavior, industrial/organizational psychology, sociology, and economics, as well as to thoughtful and engaged professionals.
Reviews / Votes
Powell and Greenhaus are some of the foremost thought leaders on the work-family interface. The decision-making emphasis of this book is a practical approach that fosters the identification of ways in which work-family issues can be effectively managed. The book is comprehensive in covering the different ways work and family can intersect with each other (conflict, enrichment, balance) as well as considering the degree to which diversity in country, culture, and gender affect the work-family interface. This book is definitely a must-read for every work-family scholar.Wendy J. Casper, University of Texas, Arlington, USA
This is an outstanding book which fills an important gap in the field of work-family research. Undoubtedly, the logical and coherent presentation of reflects the fact that these scholars have been working and publishing jointly for around 10 years. Their writing partnership is seamless and their expertise world leading, making this a readable, relevant and timely book.
Caroline Gatrell, Lancaster University Management School, UK
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung, 1 s/w Zeichnung, 5 s/w Tabellen
5 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
270 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-01741-2 (9781138017412)
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Persons
Jeffrey H. Greenhaus is Professor and William A. Mackie Chair in the Department of Management at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business, USA. His research focuses on career dynamics, and work-family relationships. He has authored over a hundred journal articles, and several leading books.
Gary N. Powell is Professor of Management, Ackerman Scholar, and Director of the Ph.D. Program in the School of Business at the University of Connecticut, USA. His research focuses on work-family issues, and on gender and diversity issues in the work place. He has authored several books on gender and diversity in the workplace, as well as many journal articles.
Gary N. Powell is Professor of Management, Ackerman Scholar, and Director of the Ph.D. Program in the School of Business at the University of Connecticut, USA. His research focuses on work-family issues, and on gender and diversity issues in the work place. He has authored several books on gender and diversity in the workplace, as well as many journal articles.
Content
1. The Challenge - To Make Work and Family Work 2. Work-Family Decision Making 3. Societal Work-Family Decisions 4. Organizational Work-Family Decisions 5. Employee Work-Family Decisions 6. Family Work-Family Decisions 7. Making Work and Family Work - Moving from Here to There