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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456965403321

Titolo

Work, families and organisations in transition : European perspectives / / Lewis, Suzan ; Brannen, Julia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Portland, OR, : Policy Press, 2009

ISBN

1-4473-0432-2

1-282-50164-X

9786612501647

1-84742-221-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Disciplina

306.36094

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Work, families and organisations intransition; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Work, family and organisations in transition: setting the context; 2. Research design and methods: doing comparative cross-national research; 3. Working parenthood in a social services context: a UK case; 4. Social service as human service: between loyalties;  a Swedish case; 5. Organisational social capital and its role in the support of working parents: the case of a public social assistance agency in Bulgaria

6. Old rights in new times: the experiences of parents in a Slovenian organisation7. Work-life initiatives and organisational change in a UK private sector company: a transformational approach?; 8. Work-family policies in a contradictory culture: a Dutch financial sector corporation; 9. Parents and organisational change: a cross-sector comparison of two Norwegian organisations; 10. Changing contexts, enduring roles? Working parents in Portuguese public and private sector organisations; 11. Comparing flexible working arrangements across organisational contexts; 12. In conclusion; Appendix

ReferencesIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Based upon cross-national case studies of public and private sector workplaces, ""Work, families and organisations in transition"" illustrates



how workplace practices and policies impact on employees' experiences of ""work-life balance"" in contemporary shifting contexts.