Organizational Change and Gender Equity: International Perspectives on Fathers and Mothers at the Workplace / Edition 1

by Linda L. Haas, Philip Hwang, Graeme Russell

Overview

Comparing progress in the United Kingdom, United States, Scandinavia and Australia, this book looks at how organizations are changing to help individuals combine work and family roles. An interdisciplinary and international team of contributors: explore the problems of working parents and policies adopted to help them; examine workplace programmes relevant to work-family and gender issues in the four societies; and present case studies of organizations undergoing change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761910442
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/02/1999
Series:	Families and Work Series
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Introduction - Linda Haas, Philip Hwang and Graeme Russell
PART TWO: FATHERS AND MOTHERS AT THE WORKPLACE
Employed Mothers and Fathers in the United States - Ellen Galinsky and Jennifer Swanberg
Understanding How Work and Family Life Fit Together
Mothers and Fathers in the Workplace - Julia Brannen
The United Kingdom
Conflicting Commitments - Helen Glezer and Ilene Wolcott
Working Mothers and Fathers in Australia
Equality and Backlash - Ulla Björnberg
Family, Gender and Social Policy in Sweden
PART THREE: WORKPLACE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
Workplace Programs and Policies that Address Work-Family and Gender Equity Issues in the United States - Gary Bowen
Workplace Programmes and Policies in the United Kingdom - Julia Brannen and Sue Lewis
From Equal Employment Opportunity to Family-Friendly Policies and Beyond - Rohan Squirchuk and Juliet Bourke
Gender Equity in Australia
Programs and Policies Promoting Women's Economic Equality and Men's Sharing of Child Care in Sweden - Linda Haas and Philip Hwang
PART FOUR: ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND GENDER
Moving Corporations in the US Toward Gender Equity - Lotte Bailyn, Rhona Rapoport and Joyce Fletcher
A Cautionary Tale
Organisational Change and Gender Equity - Sue Lewis
Case Studies from the United Kingdom
Organisational Change and Gender Equity - Graeme Russell and Don Edgar
An Australian Case Study
Organizational Cultures, Families and Careers in Scandinavia - Yvonne Due Billing
Swedish Parents at a Multinational Conglomerate - Clarissa Kugelberg

Editorial Reviews

Social scientists from a wide range of disciplines describe how companies on three continents are changing their practices to account for changing roles in the family and the increasing combination of work and family life for both men and women. The studies are informed by the notions that work-family issues must be considered from a gender perspective, and that work-family linkages are socially constructed and must be considered in the context of the external social environment. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"The value of this collection is in its recognition of the interrelationship of what are traditionally seen as the separate spheres of work and family. . .a useful contribution."

Sara Charlesworth