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Non-Work Obligations - On the Delicate Art of Dealing with Disagreeableness (Hardcover)
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Non-Work Obligations - On the Delicate Art of Dealing with Disagreeableness (Hardcover)
Series: Emerald Points
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The world of non-work obligations - defined as disagreeable
activities that are neither work nor leisure - is a territory of
social life that has largely been ignored by scholars of work and
leisure alike. The exception to this rule is Robert A. Stebbins,
who over the years has written extensively on the significance of
non-work obligations and the mundane and often disagreeable tasks
that we are all compelled to face in our daily lives. In this new
book, Stebbins brings together years of writing and research on
this topic to forcefully argue that the current research interest
in work-life balance can no longer afford to ignore the effects
that non-work obligation has on it. He contends that, whether we
like it or not, non-work obligations bear heavily on both our work
and leisure. Having to deal with disagreeable tasks and
objectionable people on a daily basis, without the support of any
outside agency, can seriously undermine our well-being, and it is
only through recourse to voluntary simplicity that we can hope to
limit the harmful impact of non-work obligations. Written both as a
guide to happy living and as a powerful rejoinder to conventional
orthodoxy in the fields of leisure and work studies, the book is
essential reading for both the general reader and scholars of
leisure, consumer, work and happiness studies.
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