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Work-Life Integration
International Perspectives on the Balancing of Multiple Roles
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The question of work-life balance and the difficulties of integrating multiple roles is attracting considerable interest. This international collection broadens the focus of current debates and presents recent research findings that will aid understanding, and further stimulate both theoretical development and empirical studies. While much previous research has focused on the challenges faced by working mothers, the research presented in this collection extends this by introducing perspectives that have not been widely included in previous work in the field, such as the voice of children, the challenges that students face, the impact of religion on attitudes to work, and the different issues and approaches of employers, trade unions and the state to work-life balance. Findings from a variety of research approaches are discussed, ranging from in-depth interviews to analysis of cross-national survey data.
List of Tables and Figures
Preface
List of Contributors
Introduction: Work, Life and the Work-Life Issue; B.Blunsdon, P.Blyton, K.Reed & A.Dastmalchian
Work-life Integration and the Changing Context of Work; P.Blyton & A.Dastmalchian
Work-life Balance Policies and Practices in the UK: Views of an HR Practitioner; P.Maybery
Bargaining for Balance: Union Policy on Work-Life Issues in the United Kingdom; E.Heery
State Policy and Work-life Integration: Past, Present and Future Approaches; B.Blunsdon & N.McNeil
Work-Life Balance in Canada: Rhetoric versus Reality; L.Duxbury & C.Higgins
Work-life Balance and Flexible Working Hours: The German Experience; R.Trinczek
Should Mothers Work? An International Comparison of the Effect of Religion on Women's Work and Family Roles; K.Reed & B.Blunsdon
The Childless Working Life; B.Bungum
Adult Working Students and Time Use in Taiwan: The Moderating Effects of Credentialism, Job Stress and Family Stress; H.J.Huang
Improving Services, Balancing Lives? A Multiple Stakeholder Perspective on the Work-Life Balance Discourse; S.Tietze, G.Musson & T.Scurry
Work Patterns and Work-Life Balance Challenges in Canadaian Healthcare; C.Steinke
Commitment, Community and Happiness: A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Lifestyle and Work; C.Goulding & K.Reed
Author Index
Subject Index
PAUL BLYTON is Professor of Industrial Relations and Industrial Sociology at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK and a Research Associate, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS). His main research interests include workers' response to work organization change, their experience of different work time schedules, and the implications of working time patterns for non-work life. He is currently preparing a new 3rd edition of The Realities of Work (with M. Noon, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) and co-editing (with N. Bacon, E. Heery and J. Fiorito) The Handbook of Industrial Relations (Sage, 2007).
BETSY BLUNSDON is a Senior Lecturer in Management at Deakin University, Australia. Her main research interests include understanding the relationship between individuals' lives and the communities in which they live, workplace norms and trust relationships, and the impact of organizational change on work, family and community. Her publications include work on organizational flexibility, employee-management trust and confidence in Australian institutions. Her current projects include an Australian Research Council Linkage grant to create a knowledge base to better understand the interactions between individuals and their communities.
KEN REED is Associate Professor of Management Research and Associate Director of the Centre for Business Research, Deakin University, Australia. His main areas of research are in organizational theory and the sociology of work. He has published studies on workplace norms and trust, organizational flexibility, public confidence in Australian companies, measuring workplace morale, the relationship between organizations and their environments, and a typology of Australian workplaces. His main focus presently is a project to develop a national computer-assisted survey research facility through a network of centres in universities throughout Australia.
ALI DASTMALCHIAN is Professor of Organizational Analysis and Dean of the Faculty of Business, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. His main research interests include organizational design, change and flexibility, organizational and industrial relations climates, cross-national leadership and organizational practices. Among his current research projects is a Canadian Health Services Research Foundation funded project on organizational change in health care. He has published widely, with articles in such journals as Academy of Management Executive, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science and International Journal of Human Resource Management.
Description
The question of work-life balance and the difficulties of integrating multiple roles is attracting considerable interest. This international collection broadens the focus of current debates and presents recent research findings that will aid understanding, and further stimulate both theoretical development and empirical studies. While much previous research has focused on the challenges faced by working mothers, the research presented in this collection extends this by introducing perspectives that have not been widely included in previous work in the field, such as the voice of children, the challenges that students face, the impact of religion on attitudes to work, and the different issues and approaches of employers, trade unions and the state to work-life balance. Findings from a variety of research approaches are discussed, ranging from in-depth interviews to analysis of cross-national survey data.
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Preface
List of Contributors
Introduction: Work, Life and the Work-Life Issue; B.Blunsdon, P.Blyton, K.Reed & A.Dastmalchian
Work-life Integration and the Changing Context of Work; P.Blyton & A.Dastmalchian
Work-life Balance Policies and Practices in the UK: Views of an HR Practitioner; P.Maybery
Bargaining for Balance: Union Policy on Work-Life Issues in the United Kingdom; E.Heery
State Policy and Work-life Integration: Past, Present and Future Approaches; B.Blunsdon & N.McNeil
Work-Life Balance in Canada: Rhetoric versus Reality; L.Duxbury & C.Higgins
Work-life Balance and Flexible Working Hours: The German Experience; R.Trinczek
Should Mothers Work? An International Comparison of the Effect of Religion on Women's Work and Family Roles; K.Reed & B.Blunsdon
The Childless Working Life; B.Bungum
Adult Working Students and Time Use in Taiwan: The Moderating Effects of Credentialism, Job Stress and Family Stress; H.J.Huang
Improving Services, Balancing Lives? A Multiple Stakeholder Perspective on the Work-Life Balance Discourse; S.Tietze, G.Musson & T.Scurry
Work Patterns and Work-Life Balance Challenges in Canadaian Healthcare; C.Steinke
Commitment, Community and Happiness: A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Lifestyle and Work; C.Goulding & K.Reed
Author Index
Subject Index
Authors
PAUL BLYTON is Professor of Industrial Relations and Industrial Sociology at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK and a Research Associate, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS). His main research interests include workers' response to work organization change, their experience of different work time schedules, and the implications of working time patterns for non-work life. He is currently preparing a new 3rd edition of The Realities of Work (with M. Noon, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) and co-editing (with N. Bacon, E. Heery and J. Fiorito) The Handbook of Industrial Relations (Sage, 2007).
BETSY BLUNSDON is a Senior Lecturer in Management at Deakin University, Australia. Her main research interests include understanding the relationship between individuals' lives and the communities in which they live, workplace norms and trust relationships, and the impact of organizational change on work, family and community. Her publications include work on organizational flexibility, employee-management trust and confidence in Australian institutions. Her current projects include an Australian Research Council Linkage grant to create a knowledge base to better understand the interactions between individuals and their communities.
KEN REED is Associate Professor of Management Research and Associate Director of the Centre for Business Research, Deakin University, Australia. His main areas of research are in organizational theory and the sociology of work. He has published studies on workplace norms and trust, organizational flexibility, public confidence in Australian companies, measuring workplace morale, the relationship between organizations and their environments, and a typology of Australian workplaces. His main focus presently is a project to develop a national computer-assisted survey research facility through a network of centres in universities throughout Australia.
ALI DASTMALCHIAN is Professor of Organizational Analysis and Dean of the Faculty of Business, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. His main research interests include organizational design, change and flexibility, organizational and industrial relations climates, cross-national leadership and organizational practices. Among his current research projects is a Canadian Health Services Research Foundation funded project on organizational change in health care. He has published widely, with articles in such journals as Academy of Management Executive, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science and International Journal of Human Resource Management.
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