It''s About Time - Couples and Careers

Klappentext The evidence from this book suggests that it is about time for the United States to confront the realities and needs of contemporary working couples and indeed, all members of the new workforce. To do so requires more than Band-Aid, short-term (and often short-sighted) policy remedies. The book argues that it is essential to re-imagine and reconfigure work hours, workweeks, and occupational career paths in ways that address the widening gaps between the time needs and goals of workers and their families, at all ages and stages of the life course. Zusammenfassung How do two-career couples manage in a one-career world? It's about Time examines this mismatch between outdated scripts and the experiences of dual-earner couples. It broadens our understanding of occupational and family career strategies couples...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Phyllis Moen
• Mitarbeit: Phyllis Moen (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 12.02.2003
• EAN: 9780801488375
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-8837-5
• Seiten: 448
• Serien: ILR Press books; ILR Press books
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Arbeits- / Einkommensökonomie