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Balancing Work and Family
Jacqueline Wallen, University of Maryland

ISBN-10: 0205336027
ISBN-13: 9780205336029

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2002
Format: Paper; 176 pp
Published: 12/18/2001

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Examines the connection between work and family, the demands placed on individuals by their employers and their family lives, and how employers can intervene to help reconcile those demands.

  • Provides historical and sociological overviews of work and family.
  • Surveys existing work-family and work-life programs using a lifecycle framework.
  • Describes the various factors — socioeconomic, disability, racial and ethnic — that are barriers to equal access to programs that benefit workers.
  • Discusses planning, implementing, and evaluating new work-family and work-life programs.



 1. Employers and the Work-Family Connection.


 2. A Historical Perspective on Work-Family Issues and Programs.


 3. Social-Scientific Perspectives on the Relationship Between Work and Family.


 4. Work and Family Over the Life Cycle I: The New Worker/Single Worker.


 5. Work and Family Over the Life Cycle II: Couples.


 6. Work and Family Over the Life Cycle III: Workers With Young Children.


 7. Work and Family Over the Life Cycle IV: Workers in Midlife.


 8. Work and Family Over the Life Cycle V: The Older Worker.


 9. Diversity, Disability, and Equal Opportunity.


10. Planning Work and Family Programs.


11. Evaluating Work and Family Programs.


12. Work and Family Programs and Economic Inequality.


13. Work and Family Benefits in Other Countries.


14. The Future of Work and the Family.

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