The Resource Work-life balance : the agency and capabilities gap, edited by Barbara Hobson
Work-life balance : the agency and capabilities gap, edited by Barbara Hobson
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- Summary
- Across welfare societies we have seen the emergence of policies and norms for work-life balance alongside rising expectations among working parents to be able to participate in employment and caregiving, and to have more time for family life and leisure. Yet despite this value placed upon work-life balance, working parents face increasing work demands, as well as rising numbers of insecure and precarious jobs, both of which produce a deepening sense of economic uncertainty in everyday life, which has been intensified in the current period of financial crises. The agency and capabilities gap addresses these tensions in work-life balance within families, workplace organizations, and policy frameworks. Inspired by Amartya Sen's capabilities approach, this volume considers not just what individuals do, but also their scope of alternatives to make other choices. It includes rich contextualized studies across Western and Eastern European countries and Japan, with a focus on gendered agency inequalities for work-life balance --
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 297 pages
- Contents
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- 1.Introduction: capabilities and agency for worklife balance---a multidimensional framework / Barbara Hobson
- pt. I The Individual/Household and the Agency and Capabilities Gap: Policy Frameworks, Norms, and Work Organizational Cultures
- 2.The agency gap: policies, norms, and working time capabilities across welfare states / Susanne Fahlen
- 3.A sense of entitlement? Agency and capabilities in Sweden and Hungary / Judit Takacs
- 4.Worklife balance in Japan: new policies, old practices / Kyoko Yoshizumi
- 5.Agency freedom for worklife balance in Germany and Spain / Margarita Leon
- pt. II The Firm Level and the Agency and Capabilities Gap: Policies, Managers, and Work Organization
- 6.Workplace worklife balance support from a capabilities perspective / Bram Peper
- 7.Working time capabilities at the workplace: individual adjustment options between full-time and part-time working in European firms / Pierre Walthery --8.Capabilities for worklife balance: managerial attitudes and employee practices in the Dutch, British, and Slovenian banking sector / Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes
- 9.Capabilities for worklife balance in the context of increasing work intensity and precariousness in the service sector and the IT industry in a transitional economy / Nevenka Cernigoj Sadar
- 10.Conclusion / Barbara Hobson
- Isbn
- 9780199681136
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- Work-life balance : the agency and capabilities gap
- Title
- Work-life balance
- Title remainder
- the agency and capabilities gap
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Barbara Hobson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Across welfare societies we have seen the emergence of policies and norms for work-life balance alongside rising expectations among working parents to be able to participate in employment and caregiving, and to have more time for family life and leisure. Yet despite this value placed upon work-life balance, working parents face increasing work demands, as well as rising numbers of insecure and precarious jobs, both of which produce a deepening sense of economic uncertainty in everyday life, which has been intensified in the current period of financial crises. The agency and capabilities gap addresses these tensions in work-life balance within families, workplace organizations, and policy frameworks. Inspired by Amartya Sen's capabilities approach, this volume considers not just what individuals do, but also their scope of alternatives to make other choices. It includes rich contextualized studies across Western and Eastern European countries and Japan, with a focus on gendered agency inequalities for work-life balance --
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- 1945-
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- Hobson, Barbara Meil
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- Literary form
- non fiction
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- bibliography
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- Work-life balance
- Work and family
- Quality of life
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- Work-life balance : the agency and capabilities gap, edited by Barbara Hobson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
- 1.Introduction: capabilities and agency for worklife balance---a multidimensional framework / Barbara Hobson -- pt. I The Individual/Household and the Agency and Capabilities Gap: Policy Frameworks, Norms, and Work Organizational Cultures -- 2.The agency gap: policies, norms, and working time capabilities across welfare states / Susanne Fahlen -- 3.A sense of entitlement? Agency and capabilities in Sweden and Hungary / Judit Takacs -- 4.Worklife balance in Japan: new policies, old practices / Kyoko Yoshizumi -- 5.Agency freedom for worklife balance in Germany and Spain / Margarita Leon -- pt. II The Firm Level and the Agency and Capabilities Gap: Policies, Managers, and Work Organization -- 6.Workplace worklife balance support from a capabilities perspective / Bram Peper -- 7.Working time capabilities at the workplace: individual adjustment options between full-time and part-time working in European firms / Pierre Walthery --8.Capabilities for worklife balance: managerial attitudes and employee practices in the Dutch, British, and Slovenian banking sector / Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes -- 9.Capabilities for worklife balance in the context of increasing work intensity and precariousness in the service sector and the IT industry in a transitional economy / Nevenka Cernigoj Sadar -- 10.Conclusion / Barbara Hobson
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- FIEb17383924
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 297 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199681136
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- unmediated
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- rdamedia.
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)863678218
- Label
- Work-life balance : the agency and capabilities gap, edited by Barbara Hobson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
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- txt
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- Contents
- 1.Introduction: capabilities and agency for worklife balance---a multidimensional framework / Barbara Hobson -- pt. I The Individual/Household and the Agency and Capabilities Gap: Policy Frameworks, Norms, and Work Organizational Cultures -- 2.The agency gap: policies, norms, and working time capabilities across welfare states / Susanne Fahlen -- 3.A sense of entitlement? Agency and capabilities in Sweden and Hungary / Judit Takacs -- 4.Worklife balance in Japan: new policies, old practices / Kyoko Yoshizumi -- 5.Agency freedom for worklife balance in Germany and Spain / Margarita Leon -- pt. II The Firm Level and the Agency and Capabilities Gap: Policies, Managers, and Work Organization -- 6.Workplace worklife balance support from a capabilities perspective / Bram Peper -- 7.Working time capabilities at the workplace: individual adjustment options between full-time and part-time working in European firms / Pierre Walthery --8.Capabilities for worklife balance: managerial attitudes and employee practices in the Dutch, British, and Slovenian banking sector / Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes -- 9.Capabilities for worklife balance in the context of increasing work intensity and precariousness in the service sector and the IT industry in a transitional economy / Nevenka Cernigoj Sadar -- 10.Conclusion / Barbara Hobson
- Control code
- FIEb17383924
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 297 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199681136
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)863678218
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