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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960161603321

Titolo

Work, families and organisations in transition : European perspectives / / edited by Suzan Lewis, Julia Brannen and Ann Nilsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786612501647

9781447304326

1447304322

9781282501645

128250164X

9781847422217

1847422217

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 214 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Altri autori (Persone)

LewisSuzan

BrannenJulia

NilsenAnn

Disciplina

306.36

Soggetti

Work and family - Europe

Organizational sociology

Labor market - Europe

Quality of work life - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022).

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, <i>Work, Families and Organisations in Transition</i> illustrates how workplace practices and policies impact on employees' experiences of work-life balance in contemporary shifting contexts.