Work Family Balance

The Principle and Practices Behind the Success of Abdul Sattar Edhi

by Uzair Mughal

"This project focuses on the life and successes of Abdul Sattar Edhi in the context of the Meaningful Life... more "This project focuses on the life and successes of Abdul Sattar Edhi in the context of the Meaningful Life Framework. We will analyze these under the broad headings which come under the Meaningful Life Framework: Strategic Visions, Strategic Time Management, Competence and Leadership."

Note - The Meaningful Life framework has been developed by Suleiman Ahmer and is used in some of the workshops conducted by his consulting firm, Timelenders.

Mid Year Reboot

by Laura De Veau

Published in the NASPA Region 1 Newsletter

Occupational Patterns of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Revisiting Matuska and Christiansen's Model of Lifestyle Balance

by Amanda Foran

Film Analizi Yöntemi ile Virginia Satir Aile Terapisi Yaklaşımına Bir Bakış

by Mithat Durak

Satir, family therapy, family homeostasis, communication within family and fi lm analysis

Virginia Satir, the women pioneer of family therapy, introduced an effective therapy to the treatment of various... more Virginia Satir, the women pioneer of family therapy, introduced an effective therapy to the treatment of various problems. In spite of the fact that applications of Satir Family Therapy in different cultures are exemplifi ed in the literature, there is limited number of research related with the applications of this approach in Turkey. In this context, this article mainly aims to review conceptual frame of Satir Family Therapy and to exemplify this approach with the method of fi lm analysis. In this direction, theoretical concepts, role of the therapist, evaluation of families, purpose of therapy and intervention techniques of Satir Family Therapy are described and exemplifi ed with a fi lm analysis of “One True Thing”. As a result, this article will be a resource for professionals either working or continuing their education through strengthening the theoretical frame of the Satir Family Therapy, and an example of the applications of this approach.

Development of work stress scale for correctional officers

by Mithat Durak

Key Words: Correctional officers, work-stress, psychometric properties

This study aimed at examining the psychometric properties of Work Stress Scale for Correctional Officers (WSSCO).... more This study aimed at examining the psychometric properties of Work Stress Scale for Correctional Officers (WSSCO). Methods: One hundred nineteen correctional officers (109 males and 10 females) employed in Turkey participated in this study. In addition to WSSCO, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) were administered to the participants. Results: The internal consistencies and the item-total correlations were acceptable both for the whole scale and for its subscales; namely, “work overload,” “role conflict and role ambiguity,” “inadequacies in physical conditions of prison,” “threat perception,” and “general problems.” Test–retest reliability coefficient was 0.77 for total scale, and test-retest reliability coefficients ranged between 0.68 and 0.78 for the subscales. The total scale and most of the subscales were positively correlated with depression, anxiety, and hopelessness, and negatively correlated with perceived social support. Furthermore, all subscales significantly differentiated high depressive symptomatology group from the low depressive symptomatology group. Conclusions: The present results revealed that the psychometric properties of WSSCO were quite adequate. The scale can provide a potentially useful tool for research on job stress in correctional officers.

Gender, family and work in the European cultural and social model: some critical aspects

by Isabella Crespi

Gender, family and work in the European cultural and social model: some critical aspects in (Crespi I. and  Strohmeier P.), Family, gender and work in Europe: social policies facing structural and cultural changes, Special issue of Journal of Societal and Social Policy, Vol. 7, n. 3, 2008, pp. 19-31

The Lisbon Council invited the Commission and Member States to promote all aspects concerning equal opportunities in... more The Lisbon Council invited the Commission and Member States to promote all aspects concerning equal opportunities in the field of employment policies, including the reduction of occupational
segregation and the possibility to balance work and family life and to solve some of the increasing problems affecting several countries, such as lower and later fertility and the ensuing ageing of the population. Further, The basic idea of the ESM is that economic and social progress must go hand in hand; economic growth, in other words, is to be combined with social cohesion. Although some significant improvements have certainly been made—especially in terms of women’s emancipation, gender equity and maternity policies—it should however be noticed that some fundamental issues still remain unresolved and continue to cause problems. Such framework—equal opportunities on the one hand and female emancipation on the other, in a competitive and little-regulated market—seems to lead to a potential contraposition, or trade-off, between equal
opportunity and family (or family-friendly) policies.

Keywords: family, gender equality, reconciliation policies, European policy

Work-Life Balance in Small Business: The Impact of Firm and Family Milestones

by Amanda Williamson

Selected labor market factors and employment rates of individuals with disabilities from 1981 to 2002

by Ilana Lehmann

Welfare arrangements, safety nets and familial support for the elderly in Portugal

by Alexandra Lopes

TEMPORALIDADES REPRODUCTIVO-LABORALESDE LAS MUJERES MEXICANASDE TRES COHORTES Papeles de Población, julio-septiembre, número …

by Nina Castro

Globalisation and Gender, trends in the global workplace and the effect on dual income working families

by Nathan Hutchings

(2011)

Global trends such as transnational markets in capital, labour and knowledge create tensions and disadvantage not only... more Global trends such as transnational markets in capital, labour and knowledge create tensions and disadvantage not only for poor migrant and third world workers but also for dual income working families. The domestic sphere like the world of work is also effected by issues such as economic uncertainty, work intensification, demands of continual professional studies and the difficulties of balancing all these pressures while raising a family.This paper explores these issues with reference to recent literature.

Germany 2004 Ruth Farrugia National Expert Reconciliation of Work and Family Life- Peer Review in the Field of Social Inclusion Policies

by Ruth Farrugia

Career, Family and Community: the Dilemma of Professional and Semi-Professional Malay Women

by Habsah Hashim

Griffiths, M.D. (2005). Workaholism is still a useful construct Addiction Research and Theory, 13, 97-100.

by Mark Griffiths

As someone who has spent almost two decades researching into behavioural addictions, I have always been interested in... more As someone who has spent almost two decades researching into behavioural addictions, I have always been interested in the concept of ‘workaholism.’ Not only am I interested academically but I have often been called a ‘workaholic’ by fellow colleagues. Over the past few years I have noticed a slow shift towards psychologists preferring the term ‘work dependency’ to ‘workaholism’ (i.e., work addiction). Persaud (2004) argues that psychologists prefer the term ‘work dependency’ because ‘‘it captures the condition better’’ (p. 36). As far as I am concerned, workaholism is still a useful construct.

Entre el ‘superior interés del menor’ y el ‘derecho al hijo’ de las familias: los dilemas de la adopción en España

by Diana Marre

Published in Carla Villalta, coord. 2010. Infancia, justicia y derechos humanos.  Buenos Aires: Universidad de Quilmes, 135-162. (Colección Derechos Humanos dirigida por Baltasar Garzón y María Sonderéguer). ISBN 978-987-558-192-0.

Antropología y reproducción: las prácticas y/(o) la ética

by Diana Marre

Published in Margarita del Olmo Pintado, ed. 2010. Dilemas éticos en antropología. Entretelas del trabajo de campo etnográfico. Madrid: Trotta. ISBN 978-84-9879-171-6.

Gesellschaftliche Arbeitsteilung als Leistung der Person

by G. Guenter Voss

Author together with Kerstin Juergens. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 34/2007

How is Fatherhood Organized? The Influence of Perceptions of Fatherhood on the Formation and Implementation of Social Policy in Differing Organizational Contexts

by Nadav Perez-Vaisvidovsky

My PhD dissertation research proposal, English version

Job Insecurity and the Timing of Parenthood: A Comparison Between Eastern and Western Germany

by Andreas Klaerner

Co-authored with Bernardi, L., and von der Lippe, H., published in European Journal of Population, 24(3), pp. 287-313.

Abstract:
This article contributes to the ongoing debate on the economic determinants of fertility behavior by... more Abstract:
This article contributes to the ongoing debate on the economic determinants of fertility behavior by addressing the role of job insecurity in couples’ intentions concerning parenthood and its timing. It starts from the hypothesis that cultural values moderate individuals’ reactions to job insecurity and the way it is related to family formation. With a systematic thematic content analysis of a set of semi-structured interviews with childless men and women around the age of 30 in eastern and western Germany, we are able to show that there are substantial differences in the consequences of job insecurity on intentions to have a first child. In western Germany, a relatively secure job career is expected to precede family formation, and this sequence of transitions is rather rigid, whereas in eastern Germany job security and family formation are thought of and practiced as parallel investments. We suggest that the lack of convergence in family formation patterns between eastern and western Germany after the unification of the country in 1990 is partially related to different attitudes toward job insecurity in the two contexts.

Keywords:
Family formation - Fertility - Germany - Job insecurity - Qualitative interviews - Social change

Corporate work-life balance initiatives: Use and effectiveness

by Alexandra Beauregard

2011. In: Kaiser, S and Ringlstetter, M. J. and Eikhof, D. R. and Pina e Cunha, M, (eds.) Creating balance: international perspectives on the work-life integration of professionals. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 193-208.