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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, flexible working has become the norm for many workers. This volume examines flexible working using data from 30 European countries and drawing on studies conducted in Australia, the US and India

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Introduction: The flexibility paradox and contexts The demand for and trends in flexible working The dual nature of flexibility: Family-friendly or performance-oriented logic? The outcomes of flexible working The flexibility paradox: Why more freedom at work leads to more work The empirical evidence of the flexibility paradox Gendered flexibility paradox Flexibility stigma and the rewards of flexible working The importance of contexts COVID- 19 and flexible working Conclusion: Where do we go from here?

The Flexibility Paradox

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 04/03/2022
      ISBN13: 9781447354772, 978-1447354772
      ISBN10: 144735477X
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      Sociology: work and labour

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, flexible working has become the norm for many workers. This volume examines flexible working using data from 30 European countries and drawing on studies conducted in Australia, the US and India

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: The flexibility paradox and contexts The demand for and trends in flexible working The dual nature of flexibility: Family-friendly or performance-oriented logic? The outcomes of flexible working The flexibility paradox: Why more freedom at work leads to more work The empirical evidence of the flexibility paradox Gendered flexibility paradox Flexibility stigma and the rewards of flexible working The importance of contexts COVID- 19 and flexible working Conclusion: Where do we go from here?

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