Work-Family Balance

Buchbeitrag

The concept of work–family balance was introduced in the 1970s in the United Kingdom based on a work–leisure dichotomy, which was invented in the mid-1800s. It is usually related to the act of balancing of inter-role pressures between the work and family domains that leads to role conflict. The conflict is driven by the organizations' views of the “ideal worker” as well as gender disparities and stereotypes that ignore or discount the time spent in the unpaid work of family and community. Solutions for balance include legislation, flexible workplace arrangements, and the market care services.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: In: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies ; Year: 2016 ; Pages: 1-3 ; Ed(s).: Naples, N. ; Hoogland, R. C. ; Wickramasinghe, M. ; Wong, W. C. A. ; ISBN: 9781118663219 ; Hoboken: Wiley

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
• Subject: employment ; family policy ; gender division of labor ; social policy ; labour market

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Klimczuk, Andrzej ; Klimczuk-Kochańska, Magdalena
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Wiley ; ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
• (where): Hoboken
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1002/9781118663219.wbegss523
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/230634
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET