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Gender and the work-family experience : an intersection of two domains / [edited by] Maura J. Mills.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Switzerland : Springer, 2015.Description: xxiii, 358 p. : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9783319088907
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.2 23 M657
Contents:
Part I. Societal Influences & Entrenchment. 1. Gender ideology and work-family plans of the next generation / Rachel G. Lucas-Thompson and Wendy A. Goldberg -- 2. Beyond the "ideal" worker: including men in work-family discussions / Sunny L. Munn and Tomika W. Greer -- 3. Gender, poverty, and the work-family interface / Heather Odle-Dusseau, Anna C. McFadden, and Thomas W. Britt -- 4. Exploring the double jeopardy effect: the importance of gender and race in work-family research / Tonya K. Frevert, Satoris S. Culbertson, and Ann H. Huffman -- 5. Challenging heteronormative and gendered assumptions in work-family research: an examination of LGB identity-based work-family conflict / Katina B. Sawyer, Christian N. Thoroughgood, and Jeanette N. Cleveland -- 6. Gender, gender-role ideology, and the work-family interface: a cross-cultural analysis / Ujvala Rajadhyaksha, Karen Korabik, and Zeynep Aycan -- Part II. Considerations From The Homefront. 7. Feeling work at home: a transactional model of women and men's negative affective spillover from work to family / Melissa E. Mitchell, Lillian T. Eby, and Anna Lorys -- 8. The intersection of gender and work-family guilt / Karen Korabik -- 9. Gender, accuracy about partners' work-family conflict, and relationship quality / Kei Nomaguchi and Melissa A. Milkie -- 10. Work-life equality: the importance of a level playing field at home / Jeanette N. Cleveland, Gwenith G. Fisher, and Katina B. Sawyer -- 11. On-demand: when work intrudes upon employees' personal time - does gender matter? / Angela R. Grotto -- Part III. Career & Organizational Considerations. 12. Family-friendly organizational policies, practices, and benefits through the gender lens / Justin M. Sprung, Tatiana H. Toumbeva, and Russell A. Matthews -- 13. Shiftwork as gendered and its impact on work-family balance / Ryan M. Rosiello and Maura J. Mills -- 14. Gender roles in a masculine occupation: military men and women's differential negotiation of the work-family interface / Ann H. Huffman, Satoris S. Culbertson, and Joseph Barbour -- 15. Women in STEM: family-related challenges and initiatives / Vanessa A. Jean, Stephanie C. Payne, and Rebecca J. Thompson -- 16. Examining the work-family experience of workaholic women / Malissa A. Clark, Angela A. Beiler, and Lauren M. Zimmerman -- 17. Family life on the fast track? Gender and work-family tradeoffs among highly educated professionals: a cross-cultural exploration / Maria Stanfors -- Index.
Summary: Gender and the Work-Family Experience puts multiple faces – male as well as female – on complex realities with interdisciplinary and cross-cultural awareness and research-based insight. Besides reviewing the state of gender roles as they affect home and career, this in-depth reference examines and compares how women and men experience work-family conflict and its consequences for relationships at home as well as outcomes on the job. Topics as wide-ranging as gendered occupations, gender and shiftwork, heteronormative assumptions, the myth of the ideal worker, and gendered aspects of work-family guilt reflect significant changes in society and reveal important implications for both research and policy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Societal Influences & Entrenchment.
1. Gender ideology and work-family plans of the next generation / Rachel G. Lucas-Thompson and Wendy A. Goldberg --
2. Beyond the "ideal" worker: including men in work-family discussions / Sunny L. Munn and Tomika W. Greer --
3. Gender, poverty, and the work-family interface / Heather Odle-Dusseau, Anna C. McFadden, and Thomas W. Britt --
4. Exploring the double jeopardy effect: the importance of gender and race in work-family research / Tonya K. Frevert, Satoris S. Culbertson, and Ann H. Huffman --
5. Challenging heteronormative and gendered assumptions in work-family research: an examination of LGB identity-based work-family conflict / Katina B. Sawyer, Christian N. Thoroughgood, and Jeanette N. Cleveland --
6. Gender, gender-role ideology, and the work-family interface: a cross-cultural analysis / Ujvala Rajadhyaksha, Karen Korabik, and Zeynep Aycan --

Part II. Considerations From The Homefront.
7. Feeling work at home: a transactional model of women and men's negative affective spillover from work to family / Melissa E. Mitchell, Lillian T. Eby, and Anna Lorys --
8. The intersection of gender and work-family guilt / Karen Korabik --
9. Gender, accuracy about partners' work-family conflict, and relationship quality / Kei Nomaguchi and Melissa A. Milkie --
10. Work-life equality: the importance of a level playing field at home / Jeanette N. Cleveland, Gwenith G. Fisher, and Katina B. Sawyer --
11. On-demand: when work intrudes upon employees' personal time - does gender matter? / Angela R. Grotto --

Part III. Career & Organizational Considerations.
12. Family-friendly organizational policies, practices, and benefits through the gender lens / Justin M. Sprung, Tatiana H. Toumbeva, and Russell A. Matthews --
13. Shiftwork as gendered and its impact on work-family balance / Ryan M. Rosiello and Maura J. Mills --
14. Gender roles in a masculine occupation: military men and women's differential negotiation of the work-family interface / Ann H. Huffman, Satoris S. Culbertson, and Joseph Barbour --
15. Women in STEM: family-related challenges and initiatives / Vanessa A. Jean, Stephanie C. Payne, and Rebecca J. Thompson --
16. Examining the work-family experience of workaholic women / Malissa A. Clark, Angela A. Beiler, and Lauren M. Zimmerman --
17. Family life on the fast track? Gender and work-family tradeoffs among highly educated professionals: a cross-cultural exploration / Maria Stanfors --
Index.

Gender and the Work-Family Experience puts multiple faces – male as well as female – on complex realities with interdisciplinary and cross-cultural awareness and research-based insight. Besides reviewing the state of gender roles as they affect home and career, this in-depth reference examines and compares how women and men experience work-family conflict and its consequences for relationships at home as well as outcomes on the job. Topics as wide-ranging as gendered occupations, gender and shiftwork, heteronormative assumptions, the myth of the ideal worker, and gendered aspects of work-family guilt reflect significant changes in society and reveal important implications for both research and policy.

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