Work-Life Balance in Europe The Role of Job Quality

by Drobnic, Sonja; Guillén, Ana M.

• ISBN13: 9780230289499
• ISBN10: 0230289495
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Examining the debate on quality of jobs in Europe, this book focuses on the work-life balance-a central element of the EU agenda. It addresses tensions between work and private life, examining job quality, job security, working conditions and time-use patterns of individuals and households as well as institutional contexts.

Author Biography

Sonja Drobnic is Professor of Sociology/Social Science Research Methods at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Her research interests include social inequalities in the household and in the labour market, social networks and social capital, issues in social stratification and quality of life and work. Her previous publications include the co-authored books Careers of Couples in Contemporary Societies: From Male Breadwinner to Dual-Earner Families and Dividing the Domestic: Men, Women and Household Work in Cross-National Perspective. Ana M, Guilten is Professor of Sociology at the University of Oviedo, Spain, where she teaches comparative social policy. She has written extensively on welfare state development, health policy and comparative social policy. She is co-editor of Quality of Work in the European Union: Concept, Data and Debates from a Transnational Perspective.

Table of Contents

Introduction; S.Drobnic & A.M.Guillén
Working Hours, Autonomy, and Work-family Conflict: a Multi-level Approach; H.Chung
Job Quality and Work-life Balance: A Comparison of Parents and Older Workers in Europe; C.Fagan & P.Walthéry
Job Quality, Work–family Tensions and Well-being: the Finnish Case; M.Salmi & J.Lammi-Taskula
Job Demands and Work-family Conflict: Empirical Evidence from Service Sector Employees in Eight European Countries; B.Beham&S.Drobnic
Part-time in Skilled Jobs: The Case of the U.K., the Netherlands and Spain; Z.Ibáñez
Policies and Practices in Care; T.Rostgaard
Time with Children: Parents' Active Childcare in Different Family Policy Models; M.Bygren, A.Duvander & T.Ferrarini
Tensions between Work and Private Life in Spanish Dual-income Couples; S.Dema
Concluding Thoughts on Tensions between Work and Private Life and Policy Responses; A.M.Guillén