The Work-Family Challenge: RethInkIng Employment (World Bank Environment Paper; 15) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803974698 ISBN 13: 9780803974692

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

In The Work-Family Challenge contributors from the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States explore the possibilities of challenging traditional employment structures to take account of contemporary work and family realities. They take a critical look at the notion of `family-friendly′ employment, and explore ways in which the rapidly changing needs of both organizations and the workforce can be met.

The volume argues that real progress requires moving the focus from specific policies and practices towards more systemic organizational change. It examines the contexts and opportunities - global, international, national, sociopolitical, legal and economic - for this change. The book concludes that positive solutions are attainable but will require a rethinking of employment, with constructive partnerships at many different levels, and with work and family as a core strategic business issue.

About this title

About the Author

Suzan Lewis is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her recent publications include The Workplace Revolution with Cary L Cooper (Kogan Page, 1993) and Dual Earner Families with Dafna Israeli and Helen Hootsmans (SAGE, 1992).

Jeremy Lewis is a barrister at Littleton Chambers, Temple in London, specializing in employment law and European law.

CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Christine Camp Midland Bank plc

Gary Cooper Manchester School of Management

Lisa Harker London School of Economics

Helle Holt Danish National Institute of Social Research

Peter Moss Institute of Education London University

Karen Taylor Manchester Metropolitan University

Ivan Thaulow Danish National Institute of Social Research

Anne Watts Midland Bank plc

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803974698
• ISBN 13: 9780803974692
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Lewis Suzan, Lewis Jeremy