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Workers everywhere feel the tug-of-war between work and home: Do
they go to a child's game or stay late to finish up a spreadsheet?
How should they respond when a boss wants to talk about a new
project just as they're leaving home to attend a religious service?
How do they justify an unexpected, weeklong business trip to a
spouse? Managers struggle as well. How much "on time" should they
expect from their employees? How can they allocate work properly
when many employees serve as irreplaceable caregivers to children
and elderly parents? Should organizational needs prevail over
family come crunch time? Welcome to the world of work in the
twenty-first century, where 24/7 work obligations and always-on
electronic tools ensure that work and family conflict on a daily
basis. Michele Paludi and Presha Neidermeyer offer solutions by
bringing together leading thinkers on the problem of balancing home
and family life. Going far beyond commonplace prescriptions, their
new approaches and insights for both individuals and organizations
offer hope to those caught in the vise of conflicting expectations.
Work, Life, and Family Imbalance showcases the most current and
innovative practices in solving the work-life crisis. These
practices will shed new light on the issues and help individuals
find a sane, yet productive, approach to balancing work and life.
And they will help organizations promote family-friendly policies
that benefit both individuals and the organization. Applying
insights from the fields of management, ethics, sociology, and law,
the authors go beyond traditional approaches to offer fresh
thinking and methods for individuals and organizations, as well as
groups with special needs: nontraditional families, academic
families, and those with care-giving responsibilities. Along the
way, Paludi and Neidermeyer dispel common myths and misconceptions
regarding work/life balance, and they offer practical strategies
for achieving balance from both the individual's and organization's
point of view. Most important, the book concludes with a series of
templates for developing workplace policies and training programs
that promote employee well being and corporate profitability. In
addition, the book covers: *International perspectives on balancing
work and family life. *Insightful methods to manage a challenge
that is increasing in scope as society ages: elder care.
*Innovative practices that link family-friendly policies with both
family health and organizational productivity. *How workers can
move from juggling work and life to integrating work and life.
*What's in it for employers that can help employees integrate home
and work life gracefully. Managers and business leaders of all
stripes will find Work, Life, and Family Imbalance an invaluable
aid in creating policies that keep employees and their families
happy while not just maintaining but boosting the bottom line.
What's more, they'll learn a few things about maintaining a
productive balance in their own lives.
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