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Author:   Chris Warhurst ,  Doris Ruth Eikhof ,  Axel Haunschild
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9780230535602

ISBN 10:   0230535607
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   28 April 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Out of Balance or just Out of Bounds? Mapping the Relationships between Work and Life; D.R.Eikhof, A.Haunschild& C.Warhurst Work-life Balance: Three Terms in search of a Definition; J.MacInnes Job Spillover: How Parents' Jobs Effect their Kids; B.Pocock The Time Bind and the Marketisation of Life; A.R.Hochschild The Problem of the Boundary in Work-life Balance Studies: Theorising the Total Responsibility Burden; P.Ransome Frustrated Ambitions: Working in the Knowledge Economy; J.Hyman& A.Marks Getting the Job Done: The Impact of the Conception of Work on Work-life Balance; S.A.Ballegaard& A.B.Fangel What makes the Home Boundary Porous? The Influence of Work Characteristics and Boundary Preferences on the Permeability of the Home Domain; R.De Man, J.de Bruijn& S.Groeneveld Work Relations and the Multiple Dimensions of the Work-life Boundary; R.L.Cohen How Workers cope with Flexible Times and Mobility at Work: Gender and Profession make a Difference; A.Henninger& U.Papouschek Recreational use or Performance Enhancing? Drugs and Professional Sport; T.Khoshaba Re-establishing Boundaries: A process of Legitimizing Work in Home-based Telework; C.Kylin& J.C.Karlsson.

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'The relationship between work and life has become a key feature of government, practitioner and academic debate. The authors respond to recent developments that challenge the work-life boundary, including the changing locations of work, new forms of work and work intensification'. - THE Textbook Guide

'The relationship between work and life has become a key feature of government, practitioner and academic debate. The authors respond to recent developments that challenge the work-life boundary, including the changing locations of work, new forms of work and work intensification'. - THE Textbook Guide 'The volume is an excellent, thought-provoking starting point for future studies on the design of work and the many facets of corresponding non-work life spheres.' -Renate Ortlieb, University of Graz

Author Information

CHRIS WARHURST is Professor of Labour Studies and Director of the Scottish Centre for Employment Research at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK. His teaching, research and writing focus on work, employment and organisation issues in the international economy. DORIS RUTH EIKHOF is Lecturer in Organisation Studies at the Department of Management, University of Stirling, UK, and Research Associate at the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Austria. AXEL HAUNSCHILD is Professor of Work, Employment and Organization at the University of Trier, Germany. He is also Guest Professor of Human Resource Management at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

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