Work and family
Subtitle: an international research perspective
By: edited by Steven A.Y. Poelmans.
Contributors: Poelmans, Steven A. Y., 1968-
Series: Series in applied psychology
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 523
Subjects: Work and family.
Description: "Steven Poelmans, of the IESE Business School in Spain, is editor of this unique volume which looks at new approaches for enhancing the work-family interface individually and in the firm. It will look at ways to improve quality of life for women and men in the global workforce. The book has contributions from top experts offering a truly international perspective and addressing different levels of analysis and a wide choice of topics. Fifty-four authors from more than twenty different countries spread over five continents address this topic.

Students, scholars and practitioners from IO psychology, Management, Social Work, Family studies, Sociology, Labor studies, Gender and Diversity, among others, will find this an important contribution to the literature."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: An overview of international research on the work-family interface / Steven Poelmans, Michael O'Driscoll, and Barbara Beham; title: U.S. Latino migrant farm workers : managing acculturative stress and conserving work-family resources / Ellen Ernst Kossek ... [et al.]; title: An international comparative study of work-family stress and occupational strain / Paul E. Spector ... [et al.]; title: Work-family culture in organizations : theoretical and empirical approaches / Ulla Kinnunen ... [et al.]; title: Work-life balance and the effective management of global assignees / Paula Caligiuri and Mila Lazarova; title: Work-nonwork culture, utilization of work-nonwork arrangements, and employee-related outcomes in two Dutch organizations / J.S.E. Dikkers ... [et al.]; title: Organizational change, globalization, and work-family programs : case studies from India and the United States / Winifred R. Poster; title: Workplace work-family arrangements : a study and explanatory framework of differences between organizational provisions in different welfare states / Laura den Dulk; title: Cross-cultural differences in crossover research / Mina Westman; title: The work-family interface in urban sub-Saharan Africa : a theoretical analysis / Samuel Aryee; title: Individualism-collectivism and work-family interfaces : a Sino-U.S. comparison / Nini Yang; title: Easing the pain : a cross-cultural study of support resources and their influence on work-family conflict / Margaret A. Shaffer ... [et al.]; title: Case study 1 : Emigration to Mexico : promotion and the dual-career couple / Nuria Chinchilla and Steven Poelmans; title: Instructor's manual for case study 1 / Barbara Beham and Steven Poelmans; title: Case study 2 : Launching flexible work arrangements within Procter & Gamble EMEA / Steven Poelmans and Wendy de Waal-Andrews; title: Instructor's manual for case study 2 / Barbara Beham and Steven Poelmans; title: Methodological issues in work-family research in an era of globalization / Rabi S. Bhagat and Balaji C. Krishnan; title: Cross-cultural perspectives on work-family conflict / Michele J. Gelfand and Andrew P. Knight; title: Emphasizing the family in work-family research : a review of current research and recommendations for future directions / Jennifer M. Bowes; title: Organizational research on work and family : recommendations for future research / Steven Poelmans; title: Globalization and the integration of work with personal life / Rhona Rapoport ... [et al.].