Exploring Resources, Life-Balance and Well-Being of Women Who Work in a Global Context
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| Summary: | XVII, 276 p. 8 illus., 5 illus. in color. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2016. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31736-6 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- PART I: INTRODUCTION: WOMEN AND WORK
- Chapter 1: Women’s Contribution to the Workplace; Roxane L. Gervais
- PART II: WOMEN IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: EXPLORING WORK CHOICES AND RESOURCEFULNESS
- Chapter 2: Women’s Resourcefulness in the Informal Economy: Evidence from Jordan; Haya Al-Dajani, Sara Carter and Colin Williams
- Chapter 3: Work-family interface: Studying Dhaka City Executives; Syed S M Sadrul Huda
- PART III: CHALLENGES, CHOICES AND CONSTRAINTS
- Chapter 4: Making the Best of a Bad Job? Women and Part-time Work in the United Kingdom; Dr. Clare Lyonette, Beate Baldauf and Heike Behle
- Chapter 5: Understanding the Precariousness of the Glass Cliff: An Examination of Social and Global Context; Dr. Floor Rink, Michelle Ryan and Janka Stoker
- Chapter 6: Support for Female Physicians at a University Hospital: What do Differences between Female and Male Physicians tell Us; Heidi Siller, Angelika Bader and Margarethe Hochleitner
- PART IV: BALANCING WORK: WOMEN’S CHOICESAND THEIR LIVES OUTSIDE WORK
- Chapter 7: Managing the Work-home Interface: The Experience of Women Academics; Gail Kinman
- Chapter 8: Working it Out: Balancing Work and Care after the Birth of a First Child; Wendy Boyd, Prudence M. Millear, Karen L. Thorpe and Sue Walker
- Chapter 9: Building Capacity for Positive Communication: A Web-Based Mother-Daughter Communication Resource to Support Work-Family Balance; Mary Katsikitis, Christian Jones, Melody Muscat and Kate Crawford
- Chapter 10: Age and Experience: A Comparison of Work and Family Demands across the Lifespan; Prudence M. Millear
- PART V: WOMEN’S LIFE CHANGES AND WELL-BEING AT WORK
- Chapter 11: Menstruation as a Work Stressor: Evidence and Interventions; Roxane L. Gervais
- Chapter 12: The Relevance of Menopause to the Occupational Safety and Health of Employed Women; Prudence M. Millear and Roxane L. Gervais
- Chapter 13: Workplace Adjustments and Accommodations - Practical Suggestions for Managing the Menopause: An Overview and Case Study Approach; Jennifer Webster
- PART VI: EXPLORING THE FUTURE FOR WOMEN AND WORK
- Chapter 14: Women at Work: Challenges for the Future; Roxane L. Gervais.