04114oam 2200769I 450 991043325720332120240424225749.01-138-60001-61-315-71919-31-317-51525-010.4324/9781315719191(CKB)2670000000620144(EBL)2065259(OCoLC)911000845(MiAaPQ)EBC3569320(MiAaPQ)EBC2065259(OCoLC)929509269(Au-PeEL)EBL2065259(ScCtBLL)71ffb887-ff30-46bc-ae50-faa57bee4db0(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30188(MiAaPQ)EBC7245223(Au-PeEL)EBL7245223(EXLCZ)99267000000062014420180706d2015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierGender equality and work-life balance glass handcuffs and working men in the U.S. /Sarah Jane BlitheCRC Press2018New York :Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,2015.1 online resource (237 p.)Routledge Research in Employment Relations ;35Description based upon print version of record.1-138-85677-0 1-317-51526-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Outlining the Glass Handcuffs Phenomenon""; ""PART I Contexts for the Glass Handcuffs Phenomenon""; ""2 Organizational Contexts for the Glass Handcuffs Phenomenon""; ""3 Situating Leave of Absence Policies""; ""4 Perceptions and Meanings of Work-Life Balance and Leaves of Absence for Men""; ""PART II Causes for the Glass Handcuffs""; ""5 Macro Discourses of Dedication, Passion, and Commitment""; ""6 ""But I Was a Programmer before I Was a Dad"": Occupational Uniqueness and Occupational Identity""""7 ""It Is My Responsibility to Find the Right Balance"": Entrepreneurialism as a Constraint""""8 ""It's Kind of . . . a Man Thing"": Gender, Economics, and the Impossibility of Leave""; ""9 ""Who Needs Time Off?"" Reframing Leaves of Absence as Unnecessary""; ""PART III Finding the Key: Why Understanding the Glass Handcuffs Matters""; ""10 Conclusions and Implications of the Glass Handcuffs""; ""Appendix A: Feminist Standpoint Theory and Researcher Positionality""; ""Appendix B: Data Collection and Analysis""; ""Index""Pressure to achieve work-life ""balance"" has recently become a significant part of the cultural fabric of working life in United States. A very few privileged employees tout their ability to find balance between their careers and the rest of their lives, but most employees face considerable organizational and economic constraints which hamper their ability to maintain a reasonable ""balance"" between paid work and other life aspects-and it is not only women who struggle. Increasingly men find it difficult to ""do it all."" Women have long noted the near impossibility of balancing multiple rolRoutledge research in employment relations ;35.Work and familyUnited StatesWork-life balanceUnited StatesFamily leaveUnited StatesFatherhoodUnited StatesDiscrimination in employmentUnited StatesBusiness & EconomicsLaborOrganizational BehaviorSocial ScienceGender StudiesWork and familyWork-life balanceFamily leaveFatherhoodDiscrimination in employment306.3/60973306.360973Blithe Sarah.900098MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910433257203321Gender equality and work-life balance2010967UNINA