Work-Life Balance in the 21st Century

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Work-Life Balance in the 21st Century....Pages 1-10
Gender and Work-Life Flexibility in the Labour Market....Pages 11-28
The Costs of a Career in Minutes and Morbidity....Pages 29-54
Sex Differences in Work-Life Balance Goals....Pages 55-79
Working, Caring and Sharing: Work-Life Dilemmas in Early Motherhood....Pages 80-105
Part-Time Employment among Women with Preschool Children: Organisational Cultures, Personal Careers and Sense of Entitlement....Pages 106-121
‘Daddy, I don’t like these shifts you’re working because I never see you’: Coping Strategies for Home and Work....Pages 122-146
Mens’ Conditions of Employment and the Division of Childcare Between Parents....Pages 147-169
Gender, Job Insecurity and the Work-Life Balance....Pages 170-188
Workplace Partnership and Work-Life Balance: A Local Government Case Study....Pages 189-210
Multiple Burdens: Problems of Work-Life Balance for Ethnic Minority Trade Union Activist Women....Pages 211-229
Combining Family and Employment: Evidence from Pakistani and Bangladeshi Women....Pages 230-245
Care Workers and Work—Life Balance: The Example of Domiciliary Careworkers....Pages 246-262
Back Matter....Pages 263-271