Research Handbook on Work–Life Balance

Edited by Sonia Bertolini, Department of Cultures, Politics and Society, University of Turin and Barbara Poggio, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, Italy

‘This wonderful Research Handbook introduces scholarly debates on work-life balance, provides new theoretical approaches and insights, proposes innovative qualitative and quantitative research methods, and uses longitudinal and cross-national research examples in the analysis of how people define and reconcile family and work relationships.’

• Contents:1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Work–Life Balance 1Sonia Bertolini and Barbara PoggioPART I THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK2 Work–life balance and beyond: premises and challenges 8Anna Carreri, Annalisa Dordoni, and Barbara Poggio3 Doing research on work–life balance 27Sonia Bertolini and Rosy MusumeciPART II MULTILEVEL PERSPECTIVES ALONG GENDER ANDTEMPORAL AXES4 Research on work–life balance: a gender structure analysis 50Emily Hallgren and Barbara J. Risman5 Work–life balance through the life course 72Jeanne Ganault and Ariane Pailhé6 Work-(later) life balance: shifting the temporal frame 90Anne E. Barrett, Rachel Douglas and Jessica NoblittPART III COMPARATIVE RESEARCH (APPROACHES AND STUDIES)7 The household division of labour in Europe: a multilevel perspective 102Dirk Hofäcker and Simone Braun8 Subjective work–family conflicts: the challenge of studyingself-employed workers 118Rossella Bozzon and Annalisa MurgiaPART IV LONGITUDINAL, DISCURSIVE AND NARRATIVE ANALYSIS9 Qualitative longitudinal research for studying work–family balance(before and after childbirth) 142Manuela Naldini10 Fathers in focus: two discursive analyses on addressing men, work and care 160Suvi Heikkinen, Marjut Jyrkinen and Emilia Kangas11 Work–life balance for fathers during paternal leave in Norway:a narrative approach 176Kristine Warhuus Smeby and Ulla ForsethPART V MIXED AND MULTIMETHOD RESEARCH12 Beyond the lines: gender, work, and care in the new economy – a viewfrom the U.S. 194Kathleen Gerson and Mauro Migliavacca13 The effect of childcare facilities on labour market participation amongyoung adults in Estonia: a mixed-methods study 217Kadri Täht, Marge Unt and Epp Reiska14 Flexible work arrangements and diversity through a comparative andmultilevel lens 237Eleni Stavrou and Myrto AnastassiadouPART VI DIGITAL AND VISUAL METHODS15 The gendered labour of work–life balance: using a new method tounderstand an enduring dilemma 258Julia Cook and Dan Woodman16 ‘My work is full of gossipers so I tried to keep my pregnancy secret’:‘distant’ netnography as a qualitative method for exploring work–lifebalance among pregnant and breastfeeding employees 274Caroline Gatrell17 The performance of oneself through visuals in interviews: queering thework–life binary 293Marjan De Coster and Patrizia ZanoniIndex