Work, families, and organisations in transition : European perspectives / [electronic resource]
Lewis, Suzan,editor.
Brannen, Julia,editor.
Nilsen, Ann,editor.
Based upon cross-national case studies of public and private sector workplaces, Work, Families and Organisations in Transition illustrates how workplace practices and policies impact on employees' experiences of work-life balance in contemporary shifting contexts.
Work, families and organisations intransition; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Work, family and organisations in transition: setting the context; 2. Research design and methods: doing comparative cross-national research; 3. Working parenthood in a social services context: a UK case; 4. Social service as human service: between loyalties;  a Swedish case; 5. Organisational social capital and its role in the support of working parents: the case of a public social assistance agency in Bulgaria
6. Old rights in new times: the experiences of parents in a Slovenian organisation7. Work-life initiatives and organisational change in a UK private sector company: a transformational approach?; 8. Work-family policies in a contradictory culture: a Dutch financial sector corporation; 9. Parents and organisational change: a cross-sector comparison of two Norwegian organisations; 10. Changing contexts, enduring roles? Working parents in Portuguese public and private sector organisations; 11. Comparing flexible working arrangements across organisational contexts; 12. In conclusion; Appendix
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Includes bibliography and index.
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Based upon cross-national case studies of public and private sector workplaces, Work, Families and Organisations in Transition illustrates how workplace practices and policies impact on employees' experiences of work-life balance in contemporary shifting contexts.
Work and family
Work-life balance