Beyond Work-Family Balance by Rhona Rapoport
Shows that it is the deeply engrained separation of work and personal life that has limited ones ability to deal effectively with the conflict between them. Based on research, this book demonstrates why the image of balance is outmoded and why a new approach - work-personal life integration - offers greater promise for meaningful change.
A welcome contribution to theory and practice, this volume describes aprogram developed by the authors (academics and professionals experienced in the work/family and organizational behavior fields) to create a more equitable and satisfying workplaceTheir program is different in that it attempts to tie together two organizational goals usually tackled separately: improving the bottom line and improving employees' ability to manage their work and personal lives. The authors' underlying beliefs that work and family life should be integrated and that when it is, gender and diversity issues will be addressed and employees will be more effective contributors to their organizations. When it is not integrated, management often experiences costs without productivity gains, while employees often feel work/family initiatives have not been successful. The authors detail actions taken in several consulting assignments with various companies, sharing surveys and meeting agendas. They describe a process that includes many discussions, frequent feedback, and reevaluation. Problems andfailures as well as successes are reported. Clients are assisted inunderstanding assumptions associated with work needs, personal requirements, communication methods, outcome measurements, and rewards. The ideas presented in this volume are provocative and the suggestions realistically appraised. Recommended for graduate, research, and professional collections.
-- F. Reitman, Pace University
-- F. Reitman, Pace University
Rhona Rapoport is director of the Institute of Family and Environmental Research in London. She is the author or coauthor of numerous books including Dual Career Families; Fathers, Mothers and Society; Leisure and the Family Cycle; and Men and Women as Equals at Work.
Lotte Bailyn is the T. Wilson Professor of Management at the Sloan School
of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author
of Breaking the Mold and Living with Technology and coauthor of Working with
Careers.
Joyce K. Fletcher is professor of management at the Center for Gender in
Organizations, Simmons Graduate School of Management, in Boston, and a senior
research scholar at the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at Wellesley
College Centers for Women. She is the author of Disappearing Acts, which was nominated as one of the year's best management books by the Academy of Management.
Bettye H. Pruitt is president of Pruitt & Company, Inc. She is the author of numerous articles and books in organizational history including Timken: From Missouri to Mars.
Lotte Bailyn is the T. Wilson Professor of Management at the Sloan School
of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author
of Breaking the Mold and Living with Technology and coauthor of Working with
Careers.
Joyce K. Fletcher is professor of management at the Center for Gender in
Organizations, Simmons Graduate School of Management, in Boston, and a senior
research scholar at the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at Wellesley
College Centers for Women. She is the author of Disappearing Acts, which was nominated as one of the year's best management books by the Academy of Management.
Bettye H. Pruitt is president of Pruitt & Company, Inc. She is the author of numerous articles and books in organizational history including Timken: From Missouri to Mars.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780787957308 |
| ISBN 10 | 0787957305 |
| Title | Beyond Work-Family Balance |
| Author | Rhona Rapoport |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Year published | 2002-01-14 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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