Quality of life and work in Europe
Subtitle: theory, practice and policy
By: edited by Margareta Bäck-Wiklund ... [et al.].
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780230235113
Subjects: Quality of life; Kwaliteit van het bestaan
Description: "Intense globalization, rapidly changing workplaces and family patterns have renewed the international interest in quality of life. This book examines different institutional arrangements, work-place conditions and gendered work and care that affect the conditions for achieving quality of work and life in European countries"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Quality of life and work in a changing Europe  -- Tanja van der Lippe and Margareta Bäck-Wiklund -- Part I.; title: Context, Theory and Methods: -- 2.; title: Quality of life and work in a changing europe: a theoretical framework  -- Laura den Dulk, Margareta Bäck-Wiklund, Suzan Lewis and Dorottya Redai; -- 3.; title: The institutional context of the quality of life  -- Siyka Kovacheva, Anneke Doorne-Huiskes and Timo Anttila; -- 4.; title: Data and methods  -- Tanja van der Lippe, Stefan Szücs, Soja Drobnič and Leuka Billquist -- Part II.; title: Empirical Results: -- 5.; title: Quality of work and quality of life of service sector workers: cross-national variations in eight European countries  -- Patrick Präg, Maria das Dorres Guerreiro, Jouko Nätti, Michael Brookes and Laura den Dulk; -- 6.; title: Quality of life and satisfaction with the work-life balance  -- Stefan Szücs, Sonja Drobnič, Laura den Dulk and Roland Verwiebe; -- 7.; title: Variations in work-life balance satisfaction among service sector employees  -- Barbara Beham, David Etherington and Eduardo Rodrigues; -- 8.; title: Competing demands: work and child well-being  -- Linda Lane, Tanja van der Lippe, Stanimir Kabaivanov and Margerata Bäck-Wiklund; -- 9.; title: Gender differences in quality of life  -- Eva Fodor, Linda Lane, Joop Schippers and Tanja van der Lippe -- Part III. Policy Implications and the Future Research Agenda: -- 10.; title: Healthy organizations  -- Suzan Lewis, Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes, Dorottya Redai and Margarida Barroso; -- 11.; title: Scenarios for the quality of life in the Europe of the future  -- Maria das Dores Guerreiro, Annabelle Mark, Leila Billquist and Polina Manolova; -- 12.; title: The social quality instrument: measuring the social quality of work in European workplaces  -- Sakari Taipale, Barbara Beham and Jouko Nätti; -- 13.; title: Quality of life and work in a changing Europe: future challenges -- Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes and Laura den Dulk.