Walking a Tightrope - Meeting the Challenges of Work and Family

List of contents

List of Contributors, List of Tables, Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. Combining Work and Fatherhood in Finland, 2. Unemployment and Family Life: The Relationship Among Employment Status, Household Division of Labour and Well-being, 3. Influence of Family Type cm Work in Denmark, Belgium and Spain, 4. The Husband's Perception of His Changing Role in the Dual-Earner Family: The South African Experience of the White Afrikaner Husband/Father, 5. Women's Family Status: A Comparison of the Family Power Structure in Taiwan and China, 6. Balancing Employment and Household Work Activities: The Role of Workplace Location, 7. Conclusion, Index

About the author

Carol Harvey

Summary

This title was first published in 2000:  Both the world of work and the sphere of family life are "greedy", demanding time and energy of participants. These demands often conflict so that people have to make choices and balance requirements of both.

Product details

• Authors: Carol Harvey, Carol D.h. Harvey
• Assisted by: Carol Harvey (Editor), Carol D.h. Harvey (Editor), Harvey Carol (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138705265
• ISBN: 978-1-138-70526-5
• No. of pages: 158
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, Sociology: family & relationships, Organizational theory & behaviour, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: family and relationships, Organizational theory and behaviour, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General