Quality of life and work in Europe: theory, practice and policy

Intense globalization, rapidly changing workplaces and family patterns have renewed the international interest in quality of life. This book examines different institutional arrangements, work-place conditions and gendered work and care that affect the conditions for achieving quality of work and life in European countries. MARGARET BÄCK-WIKLUND Professor of Social Work and Family Policy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. TANJA VAN DER LIPPE Professor of Sociology of Households and Employment Relations at the Department of Sociology and Research School ICS of Utrecht University, The Netherlands. LAURA DEN DULK Assistant Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Public Administration. ANNEKE VAN DOORNE-HUISKES Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology and ICS Research School of Utrecht University, The Netherlands. INDICE: Quality of Life and Work in a Changing Europe; 'T.van der Lippe' &' M.Bäck-Wiklund' - PART I: CONTEXT, THEORY AND METHODS - Quality of Life and Work in a Changing Europe: A Theoretical Framework; 'L.den Dulk, M.Bäck-Wiklund, S.Lewis' &' D.Redai' - The Institutional Context of the Quality of Life;' S.Kovacheva, A.van Doorne-Huiskes' &' T.Anttila' - Data and Methods; 'T.van derLippe, S.Szucs, S.Drobnic' &' L.Billquist' - PART II: EMPIRICAL RESULTS - Quality of Work and Quality of Life of Service Sector Workers: Cross-national Variations in Eight European Countries; 'P.Präg, M.das Dorres Guerreiro, J.Nätti,M.Brookes' &' L.den Dulk' - Quality of Life and Satisfaction with the Work-life Balance; 'S.Szücs, S.Drobnic, L.den Dulk' &' R.Verwiebe' - Variations in Work-Life Balance Satisfaction Among Service Sector Employees; 'B.Beham, D.Etherington' &' E.Rodrigues' - Competing Demands: Work and Child Well-Being; ' L.Lane, T.van der Lippe, S.Kabaivanov '& 'M.Bäck-Wiklund' - Gender Differences in Quality of Life; 'E.Fodor, L.Lane, J. Schippers' &' T.van der Lippe' - PART III: POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND THE FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA - Healthy Organizations; 'S.Lewis, A.van Doorne-Huiskes, D.Redai' &' M.Barroso' - Scenarios for theQuality of Life in the Europe of the Future; 'M.das Dores Guerreiro, A.Mark, L.Billquist' &' P.Manolova' - The Social Quality Instrument: Measuring the Social Quality of Work in European Workplaces; 'S.Taipale, B.Beham' &' J.Nätti' -Quality of ife and Work in a Changing Europe: Future Challenges; 'A.van Doorne-Huiskes' &' L.den Dulk' - Bibliography - Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-23511-3
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 280
• Fecha Publicación: 15/03/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido