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Work and Family - Allies or Enemies?

What Happens When Business Professionals Confront Life Choices

by Stewart D. Friedman and Jeffrey H. Greenhaus

		Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK) Pub. Date: 2000 ISBN: 9780195112757 No. pages: 288 Category: Career & Self-Development

In this summary you will learn

How to learn to balance work and family life so that they have a positive effect on each other
Why companies need to create more workplace flexibility
Why children inevitably suffer in the juggling act between career and home

Why you should read Work and Family - Allies or Enemies?

Stewart D. Friedman and Jeffrey H. Greenhaus conducted extensive research with 861 alumni of the business schools at Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania, both in Philadelphia. Their research yielded revealing results about the struggle of professionals to manage work and family commitments. However, Friedman and Greenhaus present these results in such overwhelming statistical detail that the average reader is in danger of being swamped. This is especially the case when the data proves principals that most people already grasp through common sense and experience. That said, getAbstract recognizes that the authors have done working Joes and Janes a great service by aggregating numbers to back up the notion that it’s getting tougher to balance family and career. As such, this is an important book for anyone in a position to set workplace policy.

About the Authors

Stewart D. Friedman is a professor of management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he directs the Wharton Work/Life Integration Project. He has advised Al Gore on work and family issues. Jeffrey H. Greenhaus is a professor of management, commerce and engineering at Drexel University. He has authored or co-authored three books.

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