LEADER 04087oam 2200757I 450 001 9910433257203321 005 20230810010234.0 010 $a1-138-60001-6 010 $a1-315-71919-3 010 $a1-317-51525-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315719191 035 $a(CKB)2670000000620144 035 $a(EBL)2065259 035 $a(OCoLC)911000845 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3569320 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2065259 035 $a(OCoLC)929509269 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2065259 035 $a(ScCtBLL)71ffb887-ff30-46bc-ae50-faa57bee4db0 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30188 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7245223 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7245223 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000620144 100 $a20180706d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aGender equality and work-life balance $eglass handcuffs and working men in the U.S. /$fSarah Jane Blithe 210 $cCRC Press$d2018 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge Research in Employment Relations ;$v35 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-85677-0 311 $a1-317-51526-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 330 $aPressure to achieve work-life ""balance"" has recently become a significant part of the cultural fabric of working life in United States. A very few privileged employees tout their ability to find balance between their careers and the rest of their lives, but most employees face considerable organizational and economic constraints which hamper their ability to maintain a reasonable ""balance"" between paid work and other life aspects-and it is not only women who struggle. Increasingly men find it difficult to ""do it all."" Women have long noted the near impossibility of balancing multiple rol 410 0$aRoutledge research in employment relations ;$v35. 606 $aWork and family$zUnited States 606 $aWork-life balance$zUnited States 606 $aFamily leave$zUnited States 606 $aFatherhood$zUnited States 606 $aDiscrimination in employment$zUnited States 610 $aBusiness & Economics 610 $aLabor 610 $aOrganizational Behavior 610 $aSocial Science 610 $aGender Studies 615 0$aWork and family 615 0$aWork-life balance 615 0$aFamily leave 615 0$aFatherhood 615 0$aDiscrimination in employment 676 $a306.3/60973 700 $aBlithe$b Sarah.$0900098 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910433257203321 996 $aGender equality and work-life balance$92010967 997 $aUNINA