Maintaining a sustainable work-life balance : an interdisciplinary path to a better future

edited by Peter Kruyen (Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Institute for Management Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands), Stéfanie André (Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Institute for Management Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, Beatrice van der Heijden, Professor of Strategic HRM, Institute for Management Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; the Open University of the Netherlands), Heerlen, the Netherlands (Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Hubei University, Wuhan, China; and Kingston University, London, UK)

"This thought-provoking book provides a detailed exploration of work-life balance, considering the perspectives of specific groups such as parents, academics, the self-employed, and migrants. Moreover, it sheds more light on the dynamics of self-care, childcare as well as informal care. Collaborative and interdisciplinary in its approach, featuring researchers ranging from quantitative to interpretative scholars, it highlights the importance of a sustainable work-life balance and the instruments needed to improve this. Focusing on both working arrangements and life events, this book assembles a diverse range of researchers to provide a holistic understanding of work-life balance, with chapters covering the organisational aspects of work-life balance and the effects of digitalisation. The authors analyse the experiences of working parents and how work-life balance changes after retirement, and provide diagnostic instructions for employees and employers to re-organise the way they work across the life-span in order to maintain and enhance work-life balance. Exploring newly emerging work-life issues, this expansive book will be an invaluable resource for practitioners, scholars, and for students of business management, public administration, Human Resource Management, social policy and the sociology of work. Its extensive policy recommendations will also make it a crucial reading for policy makers and employers seeking to improve workplace support"--

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Year of publication:	2024
Other Persons:	Kruyen, Peter (ed.) ; André, Stéfanie (ed.) ; Heijden, Beatrice I. J. M. van der (ed.)
Institutions:	Edward Elgar Publishing (publisher)
Publisher:	Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
Subject:	Work-life balance \| Work-care balance \| Work-life challenges \| Sustainable employment \| Workplace support \| Inderdisciplinary research \| Familie-Beruf \| Personalmanagement \| Human Resource Management \| Nachhaltige Entwicklung \| Sustainable development \| Nachhaltigkeit \| Sustainability \| Arbeitsbedingungen \| Working conditions
Published items:	27 hits in ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (260 pages)
Series:	New horizons in management
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatzsammlung
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Contents: Foreword / Han van Krieken -- Preface -- Part I: Setting the stage -- 1. Introduction to maintaining a sustainable work-life balance / Peter Kruyen, Stéfanie André, and Beatrice Van der Heijden -- 2. Questioning the balance of work and life: Some philosophical observations / Hans Schilderman -- 3. Work hard, play hard: On the reciprocity of work conditions and leisure lifestyles / Koen Van Eijck -- 4. Volunteering and work-life balance / Jessica Sowa -- 5. The impact of life and career stages on workers' career sustainability / Beatrice Van der Heijden, Ans De Vos, and Jos Akkermans -- 6. The value of work-life balance: Cross-country and cross-worker comparisons / Mara Yerkes and Karen van Hedel -- Part II: Workplace support -- 7. Combining work and informal caregiving: Workplace support to reduce work-care conflict / Ellen Verbakel and Cécile Boot -- 8. Leadership support and work-life balance / Laura den Dulk, Samantha Metselaar, Joëlle van der Meer, and Brenda Vermeeren -- 9. Leadership, social support, and work-life balance of employees / Marloes Van Engen and Leire Gartzia -- 10. Work-life balance in essential and non-essential occupations in the Netherlands / Stéfanie André and Chantal Remery -- 11. The use of work-life arrangements in academia: A critical analysis of the potential to transform organizational norms / Inge Bleijenbergh -- Part III: Digitalization and homeworking -- 12. Digital regulation in the service of sustainable work-life balance / Ariane Ollier-Malaterre, Tammy Allen, Ellen Ernst Kossek, Chang-Qin Lu, Gabriele Morandin, Sabrina Pellerin, Ashkan Rostami, and Marcello Russo -- 13. Signaling support for work-family balance in order to retain (tele)workers in hybrid work contexts: Lessons from the covid-19 pandemic / Pascale Peters and Melanie De Ruiter -- 14. Balancing work and life at home: A longitudinal analysis of working from home and work-life balance before and during the pandemic / Laura den Dulk, Joëlle van der Meer, Samantha Metselaar, and Brenda Vermeeren -- 15. Workplace flexibility and homeworking after covid-19 in public-sector and private-sector organizations / Pablo Sanabria-Pulido and Palina Prysmakova -- 16. When you just can't "let it go": A study of work-to-life conflict and job performance among dutch public servants / Shelena Keulemans and Peter Kruyen -- Part IV: Working parents -- 17. Returning to work after childbirth: Maternal experiences and spillover-crossover effects on the infant / Roseriet Beijers -- 18. Engaged fathers: Towards a fatherhood premium or penalty? / Marc Grau-Grau and Stéfanie André -- 19. "dadpreneurship": A new practice among second-generation Chinese-dutch entrepreneurs to achieve work-life balance / Yidong Tao and Caroline Essers -- 20. Work-family balance and mental well-being across Europe: Does a supportive country context matter? / Mark Visser, Gerbert Kraaykamp, and Stéfanie André -- Part V: Work-life balance and retirement -- 21. Sustainable work-life balance after retirement / Klaske Veth -- 22. Balancing retirement age and termination of employment / Mark Heemskerk -- Part VI: Individual strategies for fostering work-life balance -- 23. Taking care of your own wellbeing / Marjolein van de Pol -- 24. Impact of strategies and interventions for improving work-life balance / Marjolein van de Pol and Ron Hameleers -- 25. The vocational meaning and fulfillment survey: A new tool for fostering employees' work-life balance and career sustainability / Johanna Rantanen, Saija Mauno, Sanna Konsti, Sanna Markkula, and Gary Peterson -- 26. Sustainable work through crafting / Anne Mäkikangas, Jessica de Bloom, Philipp Kerksieck, and Miika Kujanpää -- 27. Resetting time and priorities: Communicative sensemaking and implications of homeworking / Michael Coker, Sarah Riforgiate, Emily Godager, and Inyoung Shin.
ISBN:	978-1-80392-234-8 ; 978-1-80392-233-1
Other identifiers:	10.4337/9781803922348 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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