Ways of Living [electronic resource] : Work, Community and Lifestyle Choice /
Blyton, P.editor.
Blunsdon, B.editor.
Reed, K.editor.
Dastmalchian, A.editor.
This international collection explores aspects of lifestyle and identity, societal influences on ways of living, the relevance of social networks and geographic communities for lifestyle choices, and the significance of organisational policies and practices for lifestyle outcomes.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Social change and ways of living : an introduction / Betsy Blunsdon ... [et al.] -- An analysis of time use to reveal national differences in lifestyle patterns / Ken Reed and Guy Cucumel -- Households, work, time use and energy consumption / Steven McEachern -- Longer to launch : demographic changes in life-course transitions / Rosemary A. Venne -- Fortunate lives : professional careers, social position and life choices / Tanya Castleman and Rosslyn Reed -- 'Live to work or work to live?' : the search for work-life balance in twenty-first century Japan / Tim Craig -- Personal communities and lifestyle : the role of family, friends and neighbours / Betsy Blunsdon and Nicola McNeil -- To downshift or not to downshift? : why people make and don't make decisions to change their lives / Carmel Goulding and Ken Reed -- Ways of life after redundancy : anatomy of a community following factory closure / Paul Blyton and Jean Jenkins -- What do (and don't) we know about part-time professional work? / Vivien Corwin -- Work values across cultures : the role of affect and job outcomes among young executives in Canada, Iran and Turkey / Hayat Kabasakal, Pinar Imer and Ali Dastmalchian -- Designing for well-being : the role of the physical work environment / Claudia Steinke, Rei Kurosawa and Ali Dastmalchian -- Shifting responsibility for health and healthy lifestyles : exploring Canadian trends / Angela Downey ... [et al.].
This international collection explores aspects of lifestyle and identity, societal influences on ways of living, the relevance of social networks and geographic communities for lifestyle choices, and the significance of organisational policies and practices for lifestyle outcomes.
Personnel management.
Sociology.
Management.
Economics.
Management science.
Human Resource Management.
Sociology, general.
Management.
Economics, general.