Workplace flexibility : realigning 20th-century jobs for a 21st-century workforce / edited by Kathleen Christensen and Barbara Schneider.

Other author Christensen, K. (Kathleen)
Other author Schneider, Barbara L.
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca : ILR Press, 2010.
Descriptionxi, 408 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Flexible work arrangements--United States.
Work and family--United States.

Contents Evidence of the worker and workplace mismatch / Kathleen Christensen and Barbara Schneider -- pt. 1. Twenty-first-century workers and family life. The long reach of the job: employment and time for family life / Suzanne M. Bianchi and Vanessa R. Wight -- Multitasking among working families: a strategy for dealing with the time squeeze / Shira Offer and Barbara Schneider -- Coming together at dinner: a study of working families / Elinor Ochs, Merav Shohet, Belinda Campos and Margaret Beck -- pt. 2. The misfit between old workplaces and a new workforce. Customizing careers by opting out or shifting jobs: dual-earners seeking life-course "fit" / Phyllis Moen and Qinlei Huang -- Keeping engaged parents on the road to success / Sylvia Ann Hewlett -- Elderly labor supply: work or play? / Steven J. Haider and David S. Loughran -- pt. 3. Workplace flexibility: voluntary employer practices in the United States. Employer-provided workplace flexibility / Ellen Galinsky, Kelly Sakai, Sheila Eby, James T. Bond and Tyler Wigton -- Will the real family-friendly employer please stand up: who permits work hour reductions for childcare? / Robert Hutchens and Patrick Nolen -- Workplace flexibility for federal civilian employees / Kathleen Christensen, Matthew Weinshenker and Blake Sisk -- The odd disconnect: our family-hostile public policy / Joan C. Williams -- pt. 4. Workplace flexibility: practices from abroad. Limiting working time and supporting flexibility for employees: public policy lessons from Europe / Janet C. Gornick -- Parents' experiences of flexible work arrangements in changing European workplaces / Suzan Lewis and Laura den Dulk -- Work hours mismatch in the United States and Australia / Robert Drago and Mark Wooden -- Renewed energy for change: government policies supporting workplace flexibility in Australia / Juliet Bourke -- Flexible employment and the introduction of work-life balance programs in Japan / Machiko Osawa -- Government policies supporting workplace flexibility: the state of play in Japan / Sumiko Iwao -- Solving the workplace/workforce mismatch / Kathleen Christensen and Barbara Schneider.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009032784
ISBN9780801448607 (alk. paper)
ISBN0801448603 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780801475856 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0801475856 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 3135571