Workplace Flexibility

Realigning 20th-Century Jobs for a 21st-Century Workforce

AvKathleen Christensen,Barbara Schneider

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

Although today's family has changed, the workplace has not—and the resulting one-size-fits-all workplace has become profoundly mismatched to the needs of an increasingly diverse and varied workforce. As changes in the composition of the workforce exert new demands on employers, considerable attention is being paid to how workplaces can be structured more flexibly to achieve the goals of employers and employees. Workplace Flexibility brings together sixteen essays authored by leading experts in economics, demography, political science, law, sociology, anthropology, and management. Collectively, they make the case for workplace flexibility, as well as examine existing business practices and public policy regarding flexibility in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Japan. Workplace Flexibility underscores the need to realign the structure of work in time and place with the needs of the changing workforce. Considering the positive and negative consequences for employer and employee alike, the authors argue that, although there is not an easy solution to creating and implementing flexibility practices—in the United States or abroad—redesigning the workplace is essential if today's workers are effectively to meet the demands of life and work and if employers are successfully able to attract and retain top talent and improve performance.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-03-15
Mått:155 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt:907 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:424
Förlag:Cornell University Press
ISBN:9780801475856
Utmärkelser:A 2010 Noteworthy Book in Industrial Relations and

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Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Kathleen Christensen is Program Director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and coeditor of Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition, also from Cornell. Barbara Schneider is John A. Hannah University Distinguished Professor in the College of Education and the Department of Sociology at Michigan State University and a Senior Fellow, NORC and The University of Chicago. She is coeditor of The AERA Handbook on Education Policy Research.

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"For the first time in American history, women compose half the paid workforce, so more than ever before, America needs well-paying flexible jobs that fit the family needs of the workers in them. In this book, two of the country's leading experts bring together cutting-edge research on just this issue. Workplace Flexibility is a must-read for scholars and concerned citizens alike."—Arlie Russell Hochschild, author of The Time Bind and The Commercialization of Intimate Life

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Evidence of the Worker and Workplace MismatchKathleen Christensen and Barbara SchneiderPart 1: TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY WORKERS AND FAMILY LIFE1. The Long Reach of the Job: Employment and Time for Family LifeSuzanne M. Bianchi and Vanessa R. Wight2. Multitasking among Working Families: A Strategy for Dealing with the Time SqueezeShira Offer and Barbara Schneider3. Coming Together at Dinner: A Study of Working FamiliesElinor Ochs, Merav Shohet, Belinda Campos, and Margaret BeckPart 2: THE MISFIT BETWEEN OLD WORKPLACES AND A NEW WORKFORCE4. Customizing Careers by Opting Out or Shifting Jobs: Dual-Earners Seeking Life-Course "Fit"Phyllis Moen and Qinlei Huang5. Keeping Engaged Parents on the Road to SuccessSylvia Ann Hewlett6. Elderly Labor Supply: Work or Play?Steven J. Haider and David S. LoughranPart 3: WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY: VOLUNTARY EMPLOYER PRACTICES IN THE U.S.7. Employer-Provided Workplace FlexibilityEllen Galinsky, Kelly Sakai, Sheila Eby, James T. Bond, and Tyler Wigton8. Will the Real Family-Friendly Employer Please Stand Up: Who Permits Work Hour Reductions for Childcare?Robert Hutchens and Patrick Nolen9. Workplace Flexibility for Federal Civilian EmployeesKathleen Christensen, Matthew Weinshenker, and Blake Sisk10. The Odd Disconnect: Our Family-Hostile Public PolicyJoan C. WilliamsPart 4: WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY: PRACTICES FROM ABROAD11. Limiting Working Time and Supporting Flexibility for Employees: Public Policy Lessons from EuropeJanet C. Gornick12. Parents' Experiences of Flexible Work Arrangements in Changing European WorkplacesSuzan Lewis and Laura den Dulk13. Work Hours Mismatch in the United States and AustraliaRobert Drago and Mark Wooden14. Renewed Energy for Change: Government Policies Supporting Workplace Flexibility in AustraliaJuliet Bourke15. Flexible Employment and the Introduction of Work-Life Balance Programs in JapanMachiko Osawa 16. Government Policies Supporting Workplace Flexibility: The State of Play in JapanSumiko IwaoConclusions: Solving the Workplace/Workforce MismatchKathleen Christensen and Barbara Schneider

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