Work-life Integration: International Perspectives on the Balancing of Multiple Roles - Rilegato

BRITA BUNGUM Doctoral student, Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway LINDA DUXBERY Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Canada CARMEL GOULDING PhD student, Deakin University, Australia EDMUND HEERY Professor of Employment Relations, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK CHRIS HIGGINS Professor, Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, Canada HEH JASON HUANG Professor of Management and Dean of International Affairs, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan PAULINE MAYBERY Independent Human Resource Consultant NICOLA McNEIL Lecturer in Management, LaTrobe University, Australia GILL MUSSON Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour and HRM, Sheffield Management School, University of Sheffield, UK TRACY SCURRY Research Fellow, Nottingham Trent University, UK CLAUDIA STEINKE PhD student in Organizational Studies, University of Victoria, Canada SUSANNE TIETZE Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, Bradford University School of Management, UK RAINER TRINCZEK Professor of Sociology, Technische Universität, Munich, Germany

List of Tables and Figures
Preface
List of Contributors
Introduction: Work, Life and the Work-Life Issue; B.Blunsdon, P.Blyton, K.Reed & A.Dastmalchian
Work-life Integration and the Changing Context of Work; P.Blyton & A.Dastmalchian
Work-life Balance Policies and Practices in the UK: Views of an HR Practitioner; P.Maybery
Bargaining for Balance: Union Policy on Work-Life Issues in the United Kingdom; E.Heery
State Policy and Work-life Integration: Past, Present and Future Approaches; B.Blunsdon & N.McNeil
Work-Life Balance in Canada: Rhetoric versus Reality; L.Duxbury & C.Higgins
Work-life Balance and Flexible Working Hours: The German Experience; R.Trinczek
Should Mothers Work? An International Comparison of the Effect of Religion on Women's Work and Family Roles; K.Reed & B.Blunsdon
The Childless Working Life; B.Bungum
Adult Working Students and Time Use in Taiwan: The Moderating Effects of Credentialism, Job Stress and Family Stress; H.J.Huang
Improving Services, Balancing Lives? A Multiple Stakeholder Perspective on the Work-Life Balance Discourse; S.Tietze, G.Musson & T.Scurry
Work Patterns and Work-Life Balance Challenges in Canadaian Healthcare; C.Steinke
Commitment, Community and Happiness: A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Lifestyle and Work; C.Goulding & K.Reed
Author Index
Subject Index