Work-Life Balance in Times of Recession, Austerity and Beyond
Meeting the Needs of Employees, Organizations and Social Justice
1st Edition
Published on 29. August 2016
Book
Hardback
218 pages
978-1-138-92644-8 (ISBN)
Description
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 triple 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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
"Overall this book clearly presents the many reservations from diverse stakeholders regarding WLB and challenges us to reconsider and reconcile the implied gender neutrality, fairness and social justice footings of the WLB discourse during austerity. I highly recommend this volume in its ability to query issues of autonomy, negotiated working times and workplaces, whose agenda WLB truly is, and how its approaches, mantras and practices have been hijacked in ways that perpetuate the neoliberal agenda fostering austerity."Judie M Gannon, Oxford Brookes University, UK, Work employment and society
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
8 s/w Zeichnungen, 5 s/w Tabellen
5 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
473 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-92644-8 (9781138926448)
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Suzan Lewis | Deirdre Anderson | Clare Lyonette
Work-Life Balance in Times of Recession, Austerity and Beyond
Meeting the Needs of Employees, Organizations and Social Justice
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Routledge
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Suzan Lewis | Deirdre Anderson | Clare Lyonette
Work-Life Balance in Times of Recession, Austerity and Beyond
Meeting the Needs of Employees, Organizations and Social Justice
E-Book
08/2016
Routledge
€64.49
Available for download
Persons
Suzan Lewis is Professor of Organizational Psychology at Middlesex University, London, UK.
Deirdre Anderson is a Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour at Cranfield University School of Management, UK.
Clare Lyonette is a Principal Research Fellow at the Warwick Institute for Employment Research (IER), UK.
Nicola Payne is a Health Psychologist and Associate Professor in Psychology at Middlesex University, UK.
Stephen Wood is Professor of Management, School of Business, University of Leicester, UK.
Deirdre Anderson is a Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour at Cranfield University School of Management, UK.
Clare Lyonette is a Principal Research Fellow at the Warwick Institute for Employment Research (IER), UK.
Nicola Payne is a Health Psychologist and Associate Professor in Psychology at Middlesex University, UK.
Stephen Wood is Professor of Management, School of Business, University of Leicester, UK.
Content
1. Working Time Trends and Work-Life Balance in Europe since the Onset of the Great Recession
Colette Fagan and Greet Vermeylen
2. Work-Life Balance, Health and Well-Being in Times of Austerity
Gail Kinman and Almuth McDowall
3. Employer Support for Work-Life Balance in Recession: Findings for Britain from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey
Lucy Stokes and Stephen Wood
4. 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
5. Regulating Work and Care Relationships in a Time of Austerity: A Legal Perspective
Nicole Busby and Grace James
6. Trade Unions and Work-Life Balance: The Impact of the Great Recession in France and the UK
Susan Milner
7. Work-Life Balance and Class: In Search of Working-Class Work-Lives.
Tracey Warren
8. Self-Employment in Times of Economic Crisis: Work-Life Challenges
Laura den Dulk, Anne Annink and Bram Peper
9. The Physical Workplace and Work-Life Balance: Perspectives from Practice
Ziona Strelitz
10. 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
11. Towards a Triple Agenda for Work-Life Balance Beyond Recession and Austerity
Deirdre Anderson, Jonathan Swan and Suzan Lewis
Colette Fagan and Greet Vermeylen
2. Work-Life Balance, Health and Well-Being in Times of Austerity
Gail Kinman and Almuth McDowall
3. Employer Support for Work-Life Balance in Recession: Findings for Britain from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey
Lucy Stokes and Stephen Wood
4. 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
5. Regulating Work and Care Relationships in a Time of Austerity: A Legal Perspective
Nicole Busby and Grace James
6. Trade Unions and Work-Life Balance: The Impact of the Great Recession in France and the UK
Susan Milner
7. Work-Life Balance and Class: In Search of Working-Class Work-Lives.
Tracey Warren
8. Self-Employment in Times of Economic Crisis: Work-Life Challenges
Laura den Dulk, Anne Annink and Bram Peper
9. The Physical Workplace and Work-Life Balance: Perspectives from Practice
Ziona Strelitz
10. 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
11. Towards a Triple Agenda for Work-Life Balance Beyond Recession and Austerity
Deirdre Anderson, Jonathan Swan and Suzan Lewis