Workplace flexibility : realigning 20th-century jobs for a 21st-century workforce / edited by Kathleen Christensen and Barbara Schneider.

Contributor Christensen, K. (Kathleen)

Imprint:Ithaca : ILR Press, 2010.

Descriptionxi, 408 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Introduction: Evidence of the worker and workplace mismatch / Kathleen Christensen, Barbara Schneider -- Part 1. TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY WORKERS AND FAMILY LIFE: 1. The long reach of the job: employment and time for family life / Suzanne M. Bianchi, Vanessa R. Wight -- 2. Multitasking among working families: a strategy for dealing with the time squeeze / Shira Offer, Barbara Schneider -- 3. Coming together at dinner: a study of working families / Elinor Ochs, Merav Shohet, Belinda Campos, Margaret Beck -- Part 2. THE MISFIT BETWEEN OLD WORKPLACES AND A NEW WORKFORCE: 4. Customizing careers by opting out or shifting jobs: dual-earners seeking life-course "fit" / Phyllis Moen, Qinlei Huang -- 5. Keeping engaged parents on the road to success / Sylvia Ann Hewlett -- 6. Elderly labor supply: work or play? / Steven J. Haider, David S. Loughran -- Part 3. WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY: VOLUNTARY EMPLOYER PRACTICES IN THE UNITED STATES: 7. Employer/provided workplace flexibility / Ellen Glinsky, Kelly Sakai, Sheila Eby, James T. Bond, Tyler Wigton -- 8. Will the real family-friendly employer please stand up: who permits work hour reductions for childcare? / Robert Hutchens, Patrick Nolen -- 9. Workplace flexibility for federal civilian employees / Kathleen Christensen, Mathew Weinshenker, Blake Sisk -- 10. The odd disconnect: our family-hostile public policy / Joan C. Williams -- Part 4. WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY: PRACTICES FROM ABROAD: 11. Limiting working time and supporting flexibility for employees: public policy lessons from Europe / Janet C. Gormick -- 12. Parents' experiences of flexible work arrangements in changing European workplaces / Suzan Lewis, Laura den Dulk -- 13. Work hours mismatch in the United States and Australia / Robert Drago, Mark Wooden -- 14. Renewed energy for change: government policies supporting workplace flexibility in Australia / Juliet Bourke -- 15. Flexible employment and the introduction of work-life balance programs in Japan / Machiko Osawa -- 16. Government policies supporting workplace flexibility: the state of play in Japan / Sumiko Iwao -- Conclusions: Solving the workplace/workforce mismatch / Kathleen Christensen, Barbara Schneider.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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