Work and family--allies or enemies? : what happens when business professionals confront life choices

Friedman, Stewart D. (Author). Greenhaus, Jeffrey H. (Added Author).

Summary: "Work and Family - Allies or Enemies? offers a fresh new lens for viewing the real struggles that business professionals face in their daily battle to find ways of "getting a life" and "having it all." Based on a pioneering study that surveyed more than 800 business professionals, this volume will help readers understand and deal with the effects of gender, professional culture, and social expectations on the evolving roles of men and women in crafting an integrated life.

Record details

ISBN: 019511275X (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xv, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-255) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. The Changing Dynamics of Work and Family -- 2. Choosing Work or Family ... or Both? -- 3. How Family Affects Career Success -- 4. Having a Life -- 5. Children: Unseen Stakeholders at Work -- 6. Support from Our Partner -- 7. Support from Our Employer -- 8. What Have We Learned? -- 9. What Can Be Done? -- App. 1. Design and Methodology of Our Study -- App. 2. Personal Life Beyond the Family.