The work-family balance in light of globalization and technology /

Technology is changing the way we integrate work and family life today. In an age in which information technology has brought the promise of autonomy and control by allowing asynchronous communications; in which work systems have enabled people to work from various times and in various locations; an...

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Other Authors: Heras, Mireia las (Editor), Chinchilla, Nuria (Editor), Grau, Marc (Editor)
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Published: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017
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505 0 |a Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Technology and Work-Family Balance; 1: Technology and Work-Life Integration; Introduction; Job Connectedness; Boundary Management Theory; Nomological Network of Job Connectedness; Method; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; References; 2: Work/Non-Work Management in an Integrative Working Environment Based on IT; Managing Work/Non-work in an Integrative Context; Work/Non-work Challenges in Higher Education; An Inductive Case based Ethnographic Approach; The Case of Malmö University. 
505 8 |a Three Profiles of Boundary ManagersThree Keys to Effective Work/Non-work Management in Integrative Working Environment; Work/Non-work Self-identify; the cornerstone to an Effective Boundary Manager; References; Part II: Managers and Work-Family Balance; 3: Work-Family Subcultures; Introduction; Multilevel Model of Workgroup Work-family Psychosocial Context; Hypotheses; Methods; Results; Discussion; References; 4: Human Resource Managers' Perceptions of Work-Life Balance Outcomes; Introduction; Gender and Work-life Balance; Managers and Work-life Balance. 
505 8 |a Positive and Negative Consequences of Work-life BalanceMethodology; Discussion and Conclusions; References; 5: Work-Life Balance: Scale Development and Validation; Introduction; Research Gap and Objectives; WLB Constructs; Research Methodology; Discussion, Conclusions and Directions for Future Research; References; Part III: Globalization and Work-Family Balance; 6: Layers of Context; Introduction; Antecedents of F2WC Conflict among Hindu Women in South Africa; Cultural Values and F2WC; Method; Results; Discussion; References; 7: Factors Underlying the Advancement of Women in Academia. 
505 8 |a IntroductionThe Higher Education Industry; The Current State of Women in Academia; Factors Underlying Women's under-representation in Academia; Conclusion; Significance and Implications for Research; References; 8: The Omnipresent Community in the Work-Life Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs in Ethiopia; Introduction and Background; Methodology; Findings; Discussion and Conclusion; References; 9: Work-Family Enrichment; Introduction; Positive aspects of Work-Family Interface; Work-Family Enrichment Theory; Method; Organizational and Home Factors Enhancing Work and Family Resources. 
505 8 |a Conditions for Transfer of Resources via the Instrumental and Affective PathsDiscussion; Limitations; References; 10: "In the Name of the Father"; Introduction; Israeli Fathers and the Work-Family Conflict; The Effect of Divorce on the Work-Family Integration of Fathers; Implications for the Work-Family Debate and a Policy Proposal; Conclusion; References; 11: Child Care Assistance as Work-Family Support; Introduction; Child Care Assistance in the United States; Methods; Results; Discussion; References; Editors; Contributors. 
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