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" Work, families and organisations in transition : "
edited by Suzan Lewis, Julia Brannen and Ann Nilsen.
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BL
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564805
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b394024
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| Title & Author
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Work, families and organisations in transition : : European perspectives /\ edited by Suzan Lewis, Julia Brannen and Ann Nilsen.
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| Publication Statement
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Bristol, UK ;Portland, OR :: Policy Press,, 2009.
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1 online resource (x, 214 pages)
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9781447304326
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: 1447304322
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: 9781847422217
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: 1847422217
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Work, families and organisations intransition; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Work, family and organisations in transition: setting the context; 2. Research design and methods: doing comparative cross-national research; 3. Working parenthood in a social services context: a UK case; 4. Social service as human service: between loyalties; a Swedish case; 5. Organisational social capital and its role in the support of working parents: the case of a public social assistance agency in Bulgaria.
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Based upon cross-national case studies of public and private sector workplaces, "Work, families and organisations in transition" illustrates how workplace practices and policies impact on employees' experiences of "work-life balance" in contemporary shifting contexts.
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Work and family-- Europe.
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Organizational sociology.
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Labor market-- Europe.
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Quality of work life-- Europe.
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HD4904.25.W697 2008eb
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Lewis, Suzan.
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Brannen, Julia.
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Nilsen, Ann.
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Work, families and organizations in transition.
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