Exploring resources, life-balance and well-being of women who work in a global context. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Roxane L. Gervais, Prudence M. Millear, editors.
• Editors: Gervais, Roxane L; Millear, Prudence M
• 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 CHOICES AND 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.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 331.4; Social sciences; Women employees -- Sociological aspects; Women employees -- Health and hygiene; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations; Women employees -- Health and hygiene; Psychology -- Industrial & Organizational Psychology; Medical -- Public Health; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Business & Economics -- Human Resources & Personnel Management; Occupational & industrial psychology; Personal & public health; Social issues & processes; Personnel & human resources management; Sociology; Applied psychology; Quality of Life -- Research; Personnel management; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Gender studies, gender groups; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319317366; 3319317369; 3319317342; 9783319317342
• Related ISBNs: 9783319317342
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 30, 2016).
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