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Preface vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Evidence of the Worker and Workplace Mismatch Kathleen Christensen Barbara Schneider 1
Part 1 Twenty-First-Century Workers and Family Life
1 The Long Reach of the Job: Employment and Time for Family Life Suzanne M. Bianchi Vanessa R. Wight 17
2 Multitasking among Working Families: A Strategy for Dealing with the Time Squeeze Shira Offer Barbara Schneider 43
3 Coming Together at Dinner: A Study of Working Families Elinor Ochs Merav Shohet Belinda Campos Margaret Beck 57
Part 2 The Misfit Between Old Workplaces and a New Workforce
4 Customizing Careers by Opting Out or Shifting Jobs: Dual-Earners Seeking Life-Course "Fit" Phyllis Moen Qinlei Huang 73
5 Keeping Engaged Parents on the Road to Success Sylvia Ann Hewlett 95
6 Elderly Labor Supply: Work or Play? Steven J. Haider David S. Loughran 110
Part 3 Workplace Flexibility: Voluntary Employer Practices in the United States
7 Employer-Provided Workplace Flexibility Ellen Galinsky Kelly Sakai Sheila Eby James T. Bond Tyler Wigton 131
8 Will the Real Family-Friendly Employer Please Stand Up: Who Permits Work Hour Reductions for Childcare? Robert Hutchens Patrick Nolen 157
9 Workplace Flexibility for Federal Civilian Employees Kathleen Christensen Matthew Weinshenker Blake Sisk 178
10 The Odd Disconnect: Our Family-Hostile Public Policy Joan C. Williams 196
Part 4 Workplace Flexibility: Practices from Abroad
11 Limiting Working Time and Supporting Flexibility for Employees: Public Policy Lessons from Europe Janet C. Gornick 223
12 Parents' Experiences of Flexible Work Arrangements in Changing European Workplaces Suzan Lewis Laura den Dulk 245
13 Work Hours Mismatch in the United States and Australia Robert Drago Mark Wooden 262
14 Renewed Energy for Change: Government Policies Supporting Workplace Flexibility in Australia Juliet Bourke 276
15 Flexible Employment and the Introduction of Work-Life Balance Programs in Japan Machiko Osawa 303
16 Government Policies Supporting Workplace Flexibility: The State of Play in Japan Sumiko Iwao 317
Conclusions: Solving the Workplace/Workforce Mismatch Kathleen Christensen Barbara Schneider 337
Notes 351
References 365
Contributors 393
Index 399
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Patricia Mannone
reviewed Workplace Flexibility: Realigning 20th-Century Jobs for a 21st-Century Workforce on January 14, 2015
Workplace Flexibility
Really informative book with a lot of good examples that make the information intelligible. I had to read it for a class, and can't imagine anyone reading it for fun, but who knows?
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