Work and Family in America: Growing Tensions between Employment Policy and a Transformed Workforce

Ellen Ernst Kossek

Chapter 4 in America at Work, 2006, pp 53-71 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract About 30 years ago, the Work in America (1973) report noted the countervailing trends of growing numbers of women juggling work and family (W-F) coupled with ambivalence over societal support of domestic and caregiving work. Kanter (1977) articulated the “myth of separate worlds” between work and family—the notion that workplaces often are designed as if workers do not have families that compete for their attention and identities during working time.

Keywords: Family Policy; Employment Policy; Employer Support; Flexible Work Schedule; Unpaid Leave (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9781403983596_4

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