Description
Book SynopsisOrganisations and the nature of work have undergone fundamental changes in recent decades. At the same time, the traditional family pattern in Europe is being challenged by the growing number of dual-income families, and by the rise of women's employment.
The central aim of this book is to consider to what extent changes in organisations and in the nature of jobs are compatible with the need, increasingly expressed by employees, for greater integration between work and family life. The book questions what sort of dilemmas modern and future employees face, in terms of shaping their careers and organising their lives at home. The authors formulate answers to these problematic questions by shedding light on relevant developments in the European labour markets, the European workplaces, in (flexible) working patterns, changing preferences for working hours and in gender relations at work.
With a focus on future developments, this book will be of interest to labour market researchers and social policymakers in Europe, and also students in the social sciences, management (HRM) and social policy.
Trade Review‘Flexible Working and Organisational Change
offers an interesting variety of studies. . . I am confident that the book will appeal to a large group of readers. Readers looking for stat-of-the-art research on topics such as changes in employment patterns, gender issues, working time preferences, leave facilities, tele-working or flexible working will certainly find the book to their taste.' -- Samula Mescher, Industrial Relations Journal
Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Change in a European Context 1. Introduction 2. Work and Family Life in Europe: Employment Patterns of Working Parents Across Welfare States 3. Organisational Change, Gender and Integration of Work and Private Life 4. New Working Arrangements and Organisational Change in the Netherlands 5. Occupational Sex Segregation and Societal Change Part II: Flexible Working 6. Gender Equality and the Work–Life Balance: Policies and Practices in the New Economy 7. Flexibillisation, Deregulation and Working Time: A Gendered Question: Evidence from Spain 8. Long-term Effects of Flexible Work Part III: Working Time, Leave Facilities and Teleworking 9. Employers’ and Employees’ Preferences on Working Time in Finland 10. Do Dutch Employees Want to Work More or Fewer Hours Than They Actually Do? 11. Internal and External Career Aspirations of Men and Women Within their Organisations 12. Assessing the Use of Parental Leave by Fathers: Towards a Conceptual Framework 13. IT and Telework Part IV: The Integration of Work and Personal Life 14. Looking Backwards to go Forwards: The Integration of Paid Work and Personal Life 15. Flexible Work and Organisational Change from a European Perspective: Challenges for Future Research Index
