With the rapid growth of Asian economies and growing work, family
and personal life demands, this book addresses a critical topic.
The well-being of societies, families and workers is of increasing
social and economic importance. The book will be a valuable
addition for anyone who wants to understand the similarities and
differences in how work-life dynamics are unfolding across Asia.' -
Ellen Ernst Kossek, Purdue University, Krannert School of
Management, US'Through its focus on work-life balance in Asian
societies this much needed collection, edited by Luo Lu and Cary L.
Cooper, addresses a significant omission in the field. Since the
1980s, research on the balance between employment and family
commitments has grown massively. Yet most studies are based on
Euro-American samples. The Handbook of Research on Work-Life
Balance in Asia shifts this emphasis on Europe and the USA, mapping
how work-life balance is negotiated within Asian societies such as
China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam. It offers
state-of-the-art views on how work-life balance in Asia is
experienced from a range of angles: individual, organizational and
societal. In so doing, it contributes important new perspectives to
the work-life balance field.' - Caroline Gatrell, Lancaster
University Management School, UK In Asian societies, work and
family issues are only recently beginning to gain attention. The
pressure of rapid social change and increasing global competition
is compounded by the long hours work culture, especially in the
Pan-Confucian societies such as Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
Singapore, Japan, and South Korea. Furthermore, with the rising
female labor participation, more and more Asian employees are now
caught between the demands of work and family life. The aim of this
Handbook is, thus, to shed new light on work life balance in Asia
by adopting a distinct Asian perspective in theory, research and
practice. It provides a state-of-the-art collection of evidence
from studies, and empirical research, to explain why and how work
and family interference arises and affects well-being for Asian
adults; and further address the topics through both a mono-cultural
and cross-cultural analysis, with the help of expert contributors
in the field. Students and scholars will find the comprehensive and
updated review of empirical evidence useful in their research. The
book also provides a thoughtful reflection on governmental and
organizational family-friendly practices in major Asian societies,
which will be of interest to practitioners in the field of
management, business and investing. Contributors: P. Brough, D.E.
Caughlin, C.-L. Chang, F.M. Cheung, E. Cho, C.L. Cooper, T.
Kalliath, C.-W. Koh, Y. Li, H. Liu, C.-q. Lu, J. Lu, L. Lu, N.D.
Mohd Mahudin, N.M. Noor, M. O'Driscoll, A. Shimazu, O.-L. Siu, J.
Sun, H.-L.S. Tien, C. Timms, J.F. Uen, Y.-C. Wang, J.-M. Woo, T.
Wu, X.-m. Xu
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