Handbook of Work-Family Integration: Research, Theory, and Best PracticesKaren Korabik, Donna S. Lero, Denise L. Whitehead In today's industrialized societies, the majority of parents work full time while caring for and raising their children and managing household upkeep, trying to keep a precarious balance of fulfilling multiple roles as parent, worker, friend, & child. Increasingly demands of the workplace such as early or late hours, travel, commute, relocation, etc. conflict with the needs of being a parent. At the same time, it is through work that people increasingly define their identity and self-worth, and which provides the opportunity for personal growth, interaction with friends and colleagues, and which provides the income and benefits on which the family subsists. The interface between work and family is an area of increasing research, in terms of understanding stress, job burn out, self-esteem, gender roles, parenting behaviors, and how each facet affects the others. The research in this area has been widely scattered in journals in psychology, family studies, business, sociology, health, and economics, and presented in diverse conferences (e.g., APA, SIOP, Academy of Management). It is difficult for experts in the field to keep up with everything they need to know, with the information dispersed. This Handbook will fill this gap by synthesizing theory, research, policy, and workplace practice/organizational policy issues in one place. The book will be useful as a reference for researchers in the area, as a guide to practitioners and policy makers, and as a resource for teaching in both undergraduate and graduate courses. |
Contents
ANTECEDENTS OUTCOMES MODERATORS | 123 |
CONTEXT PROCESSES PRACTICES POLICIES | 265 |
WorkFamily Websites Resources and Organizations | 399 |
Author Index | 403 |
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Academy of Management antecedents Applied Psychology associated Barnett benefits boundary-spanning Canada career caregiving childcare co-workers conceptual context coping demands and resources dual-earner couples Duxbury effects employees employment examined example experience face-time facilitation family domains family roles family-friendly fathers flextime Frone gender-role Greenhaus Grzywacz impact implications important increased individual job satisfaction Journal of Applied Journal of Marriage Journal of Occupational Journal of Vocational Korabik Kossek Lero levels Marriage measures Moen motherhood mothers multiple roles negative Occupational Health Psychology organizational Organizational Behavior organizations outcomes parents perceived perspective policies positive spillover psychological contract relationship responsibilities role conflict role overload social support spiral model Statistics Canada strategies stress studies telecommuting telework theory tion University of Guelph Vocational Behavior well-being WF conflict women work-family balance work-family conflict work-family culture work-family enrichment work-family interface work-life balance work-life flexibility workers workforce workplace
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