Work and Family - Allies or Enemies?: What Happens When Business Professionals Confront Life Choices
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Book Description
We've come a long way since the classic book The Organization Man first introduced the "ideal" 2-person career--a full-time male breadwinner and a stay-at-home wife. What typified the '50s good life is in stark contrast to contemporary reality: 63% of all married women with children under six
years old are in the workforce and 40% of all workers are part of a dual-earner couple.
Work and Family--Allies or Enemies? offers a fresh new lens for viewing the real struggles that business professionals face in their daily battle to find ways of "getting a life" and "having it all." Based on a pioneering study that surveyed more than 800 business professionals, this volume will
help readers understand and deal with the effects of gender, professional culture, and social expectations, on the evolving roles of men and women in crafting an integrated life. A rich, inspiring, and at times disturbing look at how work and family affect the lives of men and women trying to manage
the complexities of modern living, the authors argue that it is critical to learn how to manage the boundaries between work and family, to handle ambiguity, to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, and to build networks of support at work and in the community. Work and Family--Allies or Enemies?
offers a prescription for success that requires that all parties--individuals, employers, and society--clarify what is important, recognize and support the whole person, and continually experiment with new ways to achieve meaningful goals.
Book Info
Offers a new lens for viewing the struggles business professional face in their daily battle to find ways of 'getting a life' and 'having it all.' Based on a pioneer study surveying more than 800 business professionals. Discusses the effect of gender, professional culture, and social expectations. DLC: Work and family--United States.
Work and Family - Allies or Enemies?: What Happens When Business Professionals Confront Life Choices,Stewart D. Friedman,Jeffrey H. Greenhaus,Oxford University Press, USA,019511275X,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business Life - General,Business/Economics,Careers - General,Family,Human Resources & Personnel Management,Industries,Social Conditions Of Labor,Social aspects,United States,Work and family,Business & Economics / Careers,Business | Management | Human Resources,Family & relationships,Leisure,Work & labour
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