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The following is just a sample of books, articles and studies that
look at the various issues surrounding the work-family debate:
Alternative Work Arrangements
Childcare and Parenting
Eldercare and Family Leave
Fatherhood
Public Policy and Social Change
Working Women’s Issues
Work-family Trends
Work-life Strategies
Alternative Work
Arrangements
Books:
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Downshifting: Reinventing Success
on a Slower Track. By Amy
Saltzman. New York: HarperCollins, 1991.
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Finding Time: How Corporations,
Individuals and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices.
By Leslie A. Perlow. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University Press, 1997.
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Work and Family in the United States:
A Critical Review and Agenda for Research and Policy.
By Rosabeth Moss Kanter. New
York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 1977.
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Articles/Studies:
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“Flexible schedules and shift work: replacing the ‘9-to-5’
workday?” By Thomas M. Beers.
Monthly Labor Review, June 2000.
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To view: http://stats.bls.gov/opub/mlr/
2000/06/contents.htm |
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“Flexible Work Schedules – Who Gets Them and What
are Workers Giving Up to Get Them?” By Lonnie Golden.
Work-Family Working Papers, The Pennsylvania State University.
W/F Working Paper #00-04.
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To order:
Bob Drago
Labor Studies & IR
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park PA 16802
814-865-0751
E-mail: drago@psu.edu |
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“Part-Time Nonstandard Work Arrangements.” By Susan
C. Cass.
Perspectives on Work: The Magazine of the IRRA. Vol 4, Number
2. 2000.
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To order:
Industrial Relations Research Association
121 Labor and Industrial Relations
University of Illinois
504 E. Armory, MC-504
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-0072
http://www.irra.uiuc.edu/ |
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"Part-Time Opportunities for Professionals and Managers:
Where Are They, Who Uses Them and Why." By Heidi Hartmann,
et al.
Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
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To order: Go
to http://www.iwpr.org,
or call 202-785-5100 |
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“Work Hours And Work Schedules.” By Susan C. Cass.
Perspectives on Work: The Magazine of the IRRA. Vol. 4, Number
2. 2000.
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To order:
Industrial Relations Research Association
121 Labor and Industrial Relations
University of Illinois
504 E. Armory, MC-504
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-0072
http://www.irra.uiuc.edu/ |
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"Working Women, Working Together: Bargaining For Alternative
Work Schedules."
AFL-CIO Fact Sheet. Prepared by The Labor Project for Working
Families & AFL-CIO Working Women’s Department.
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To order:
Labor Project for Working Families
2521 Channing Way, # 5555
Berkeley, CA 94720
510-643-7088 |
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"Working Women, Working Together: Bargaining To Expand
The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)."
AFL-CIO Fact Sheet. Prepared by The Labor Project for Working
Families & AFL-CIO Working Women’s Department.
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To order:
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL-CIO)
815 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
202-637-5000
http://www.aflcio.org |
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Childcare and Parenting
Books:
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Ask the Children: The Breakthrough Study that Reveals
How to Succeed at Work and Parenting. By Ellen Galinsky.
New York: Harper Collins, 1999.
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The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child Must
Have to Grow, Learn and Flourish. By Berry T. Brazelton
and Stanley Greenspan. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books, 2000.
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The Price of Motherhood. By Anne Crittenden. Henry
Holt and Co., 2001.
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When Mothers Work. By Joan K. Peters. Cambridge, MA:
Perseus, 1997.
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Articles/studies:
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“Child Care And Its Limits: Innovative Union-Management
Programs.” By Lauren Lazarovici.
Perspectives on Work: The Magazine of the IRRA (Industrial
Relations Association). Vol 4, Number 2. 2000.
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To order:
Industrial Relations Research Association
121 Labor and Industrial Relations
University of Illinois
504 E. Armory, MC-504
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-0072
http://www.irra.uiuc.edu/ |
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“Children’s Family Environment: Findings from the
National Survey of America’s Families.”
Snapshots of America’s Families II.
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To order:
Urban Institute
2100 M Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037
202-833-7200
http://www.urbaninstitute.org |
| "Choices and Tradeoffs:
The Parent Survey on Child Care in Massachusetts, 1999."
By Randy Albelda and Carol Cosenza. |
To order:
Parents United for Child Care
30 Winter Street, 7th Floor
Boston, MA, 02108
617-426-8288 |
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"Conference on Early Childhood Education and Care"
(conference handbook). November 13-14, 2000.
Presented by: Scholars, Artists and Writers for Social Justice
(SAWSJ), and the Labor Relations and Research Center of the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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To order:
Labor Relations and Research Center
125 Draper Hall, Box 32020
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-2020
413-545-2884
http://www.umass.edu/lrrc/ |
| "Early Childhood Intervention
Programs: What Do We Know?." By Janet Currie. April 2000. |
To order:
The Brookings Economic Studies Program
Center for Law, Economics and Politics
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036-2188
202-797-6131
http://www.brook.edu/es/research/
projects/cr/doc/currie20000401.htm |
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"Key Facts: Essential Information About Child Care,
Early Education, and School-Age Care." By Helen Blank,
Karen Schulman and Danielle Ewen.
Children’s Defense Fund, November 1999.
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To order:
The Children's Defense Fund
25 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-628-8787
http://www.childrensdefense.org/ |
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“The High Cost of Child Care Puts Quality
Care out of Reach for Many Families.” By Karen Schulman.
Children’s Defense Fund, 2000.
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To order:
The Children's Defense Fund
25 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-628-8787
http://www.childrensdefense.org/ |
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"The State of America’s Children:
Children’s Defense Fund Yearbook 2000."
Children’s Defense Fund, 2000.
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To order:
The Children's Defense Fund
25 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-628-8787
http://www.childrensdefense.org/ |
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"Working Women, Working Together: Bargaining For Child
Care." (AFL-CIO Fact Sheet)
Published by the Labor Project for Working Families &
AFL-CIO Working Women’s Department.
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To order:
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL-CIO)
815 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
202-637-5000
http://www.aflcio.org |
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Eldercare and Family
Leave
Books:
| Elder Care. By Thomas M. Cassidy.
New Horizon Press, 1997 |
| Take Care: Help and Advice
for Caregivers – a practical guide for helping elders.
By Anne Rhodes. Harper Collins, 1998. |
| The Encyclopedia of Elder Care: The Comprehensive
Resource on Geriatric and Social Care. Ed. Barbara J. Berkman,
et al. Springer Publishing Company, 2001. |
Articles/Studies:
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“Family Leave: What are the Prospects for Change?”
By Carol Eickert.
Perspectives on Work: The Magazine of the IRRA. Vol 4, Number
2. 2000.
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To order:
Industrial Relations Research Association
121 Labor and Industrial Relations
University of Illinois
504 E. Armory, MC-504
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-0072
http://www.irra.uiuc.edu/ |
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“What does The Future Hold For Health Care, Elder Care,
And Long-Term Care Coverage For Workers And Their Families?”
By Rachel Hendrickson.
Perspectives on Work: The Magazine of the IRRA. Vol 4, Number
2. 2000.
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To order:
Industrial Relations Research Association
121 Labor and Industrial Relations
University of Illinois
504 E. Armory, MC-504
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-0072
http://www.irra.uiuc.edu/ |
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"Working Women, Working Together: Bargaining For Family
Leave" AFL-CIO Fact Sheet.
Prepared by: Labor Project for Working Families & AFL-CIO
Working Women’s Department.
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To order:
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL-CIO)
815 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
202-637-5000
http://www.aflcio.org |
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"Working Women, Working Together: Bargaining For Elder
Care." AFL-CIO Fact Sheet.
Prepared by The Labor Project for Working Families &
AFL-CIO Working Women’s Department
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To order:
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL-CIO)
815 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
202-637-5000
http://www.aflcio.org |
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Fatherhood
Books:
| Daddy @work: Loving Your
Family, Loving Your Job, Being your Best in Both Worlds.
By Robert Wolgemuth and Ken Blanchard. Zondervan Publishing
House, 1999. |
| Family Man: Fatherhood, Housework and
Gender Equity. By Scott Coltrane. University Press, Incorporated,
1997 |
| Father Courage: What
Happens When Men Put Family First. By Suzanne Levine Braun.
Harcourt, 2000. |
| Fatherhood, An Owners Manual: For Fathers
Of Children From Birth To Age Five. By Jay Flom, et al.
Fabus Publishing, 1994 |
| Marathon Dad: Setting
a Pace That Works for Working Fathers. By John Evans. Morrow,
William & Co, 1999 |
| Throwaway Dads. By Ross D. Parke and
Armin Brott. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999. |
| Working Fathers: New
Strategies for Balancing Work and Family. By James A. Levine
and Todd L. Pittinsky. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company,
1997. |
| Zen And The Art Of Fatherhood: The Simple
Things That Make Families Work. By Steven Lewis. Plume Books,
1997 |
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Public Policy and Social Change
Books:
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Beyond the Parental Debate.
By James T. Bond and Ellen Galinsky. New York: Families and
Work Institute.
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To order:
For questions about ordering, please contact Marline Lambert
at
Families and Work Institute
330 Seventh Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212-465-2044
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| Feeling Overworked: When Work Becomes
Too Much. By Ellen Galinsky, et al. New York: Families and
Work Institute, 2001. |
To order:
For questions about ordering, please contact Marline Lambert
at
Families and Work Institute
330 Seventh Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-465-2044
Fax: 212-465-8637
mlambert@familiesandwork.org |
| Not Your
Mother’s Life: Changing the Rules of Work, Love and Family.
By Joan K. Peters. Cambridge, MA: Perseus, 2001. |
| The Price of Motherhood: Why
the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued.
By Ann Crittenden. Henry Holt & Company, 2001 |
| She Works/He
Works: How Two-Income Families are Healthy and Thriving.
By Rosalind Barnett and Caryl Rivers. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
UP. |
| The Widening Gap: Why America’s
Working Families Are in Jeopardy – and What Can Be Done
About It. By Jody Heymann, M.D., Ph.D. New York: Basic Books,
2000. |
| Unbending
Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What To Do About It.
By Joan Williams. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2000. |
Articles/studies:
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“All The World’s A Stage and The People In It Have
Work And Family Issues.” By Eileen Barkas Hoffman.
Perspectives on Work: The Magazine of the IRRA. Vol 4, Number
2. 2000.
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To order:
Industrial Relations Research Association
121 Labor and Industrial Relations
University of Illinois
504 E. Armory, MC-504
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-0072
http://www.irra.uiuc.edu/
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“Integrating Work and Family Life: A Holistic Approach.”
By Lotte Bailyn, et al.
Report of the Sloan Work-Family Network.
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To order: Go to http://lsir.la.psu.edu/workfam/
or http://mitsloan.mit.edu/iwer |
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Setting National Priorities: the 2000 Election and Beyond
(Chapter 4). By Henry J. Aaron and Robert D. Reischauer.
Washington, DC: The Brookings Institute, 2000.
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To order/view:
The Brookings Economic Studies Program
Center for Law, Economics and Politics
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036-2188
202-797-6131
http://www.brook.edu/press/
table_of_contents/snp2000.htm |
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“The Limitations of the Fair Labor
Standards Act.” By Patty Reilly.
Perspectives on Work: The Magazine of the
IRRA. Vol. 4, Number 2. 2000.
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To order:
Industrial Relations Research Association
121 Labor and Industrial Relations
University of Illinois
504 E. Armory, MC-504
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-0072
http://www.irra.uiuc.edu/ |
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“Why Work and Family are Everyone’s Business: A
Holistic Approach to Work & Family Responsibilities.”
By Thomas A. Kochan.
Perspectives on Work: The Magazine of the IRRA. Vol. 4, Number
2. 2000.
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To order:
Industrial Relations Research Association
121 Labor and Industrial Relations
University of Illinois
504 E. Armory, MC-504
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-0072
http://www.irra.uiuc.edu/ |
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“Work and Family Bill of Rights.”
AFL-CIO Working Women’s Department.
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To order:
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL-CIO)
815 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
202-637-5000
http://www.aflcio.org |
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Working Women’s Issues
Books:
| Breaking the Mold: Women, Men, and Time
in the New Corporate World. By Lotte Bailyn. New York, NY:
Free Press, 1993. |
| Glass Ceilings and Bottomless
Pits: Women’s Work, Women’s Poverty. By Randy
Albelda & Chris Tilly. Boston: South End Press, 1997. |
| Families and Work: New Directions in the
Twenty-first Century. By Karen Fredriksen-Golsen & Andrew
Scharlach. New York: Oxford UP, 2001. |
| The Mother Dance: How
Children Change Your Life. By Harriet Lerner. New York:
Harper Collins, 1998. |
| Not Your Mother’s Life: Changing
the Rules of Work, Love and Family. By Joan K. Peters. Cambridge,
MA: Perseus, 2001. |
| The Price of Motherhood.
By Anne Crittenden. Henry Holt and Co., 2001. |
| She Works/He Works: How Two-Income Families
are Healthy and Thriving. By Rosalind Barnett and Caryl
Rivers. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP. |
| Who Pays for the Kids?
Gender and the Structures of Constraint. By Nancy Folbre.
New York: Routledge, 1994. |
| Weaving Work and Motherhood. By Anita
I. Garey. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 1999. |
| When Mothers Work.
By Joan K. Peters. Cambridge, MA: Perseus, 1997. |
Studies/Articles:
| "Ask a Working Woman: A Report on the
National Survey from the Working Women’s Department of
the AFL-CIO." AFL-CIO, 1997. |
To order:
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL-CIO)
815 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
202-637-5000
http://www.aflcio.org |
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"Ellen Bravo Addresses The Job/Family Challenge."
By Carol Eickert.
Perspectives on Work: The Magazine of the IRRA. Vol 4, Number
2. 2000.
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To order:
Industrial Relations Research Association
121 Labor and Industrial Relations
University of Illinois
504 E. Armory, MC-504
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-0072
http://www.irra.uiuc.edu/ |
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"Women in Law: Making the Case." Full text study
and Executive Summary.
Catalyst, 2001.
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To view: Go to http://www.catalystwomen.org/
press/factsheets/factslaw.html |
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"Working Women Say… By Karen Nussbaum."
Perspectives on Work: The Magazine of the
IRRA
Vol 4, Number 2. 2000
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To order:
Industrial Relations Research Association
121 Labor and Industrial Relations
University of Illinois
504 E. Armory, MC-504
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-0072
http://www.irra.uiuc.edu/ |
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"Working Women, Working Together: Bargaining For Alternative
Work Schedules." (AFL-CIO Fact Sheet)
Published by The Labor Project for Working Families &
AFL-CIO Working Women’s Department.
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To order:
Labor Project for Working Families
2521 Channing Way, # 5555
Berkeley, CA 94720
510-643-7088 |
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"Working Women, Working Together: Bargaining For Child
Care." (AFL-CIO Fact Sheet)
Published by the Labor Project for Working Families &
AFL-CIO Working Women’s Department.
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To order:
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL-CIO)
815 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
202-637-5000
http://www.aflcio.org |
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"Working Women, Working Together: Bargaining To Expand
The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)." (AFL-CIO Fact Sheet)
Prepared by The Labor Project for Working Families &
AFL-CIO Working women’s Department
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To order:
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL-CIO)
815 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
202-637-5000
http://www.aflcio.org |
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Work-family Trends
Books:
| Contingent Work: American
Employment Relations in Transition. Ed. by Kathleen Barker
and Kathleen Christensen. Ithaca: Cornell University, 1998. |
| The Second Shift: Working Parents and
the Revolution at Home. By Arlie Russell Hochschild. New
York: Viking Penguin, 1989. |
| The Time Bind: When Work
Becomes Home & Home Becomes Work. By Arlie Russell Hochschild.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1997. |
Articles/Studies:
| “Family Economic Well-Being: Findings
from the National Survey of America’s Families” from
Snapshots of America’s Families II. Urban Institute. |
To order:
Urban Institute
2100 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
202-261-5709
www.urban.org |
| “Life’s Work:
Generational Attitudes toward Work and Life Integration.”
Conducted by The Radcliffe Public Policy Center with Harris
Interactive, Inc. |
To order:
Radcliffe Public Policy Center
69 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-496-3478
http://www.radcliffe.edu/pubpol/ |
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“Squeezed for Time? American Inequality and the Shortage
of Leisure.” By Gary Burtless.
The Brookings Review, Fall 1999. Washington, DC: Brookings
Institute, 1999.
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To order/view:
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036-2188
202-797-6105
http://www.brook.edu/press/
review/fall99/burtless.pdf |
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The 1997 National Study of the Changing Workforce. By Ellen
Galinsky, et al.
Families and Work Institute, 1997.
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To order/view: https://swww.igc.apc.org/fwi/
pubs/worklife.html |
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“The Time-Squeeze: The Mismatch Between Work-Hours Patterns
and Preferences Among Married Couples.” By Marin Clarkberg
and Phyllis Moen, Cornell Employment and Family Careers Institute.
Presented at the meetings of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science in Anaheim, CA, January 1999.
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To order:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1200 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-326-6400
http://www.aaas.org/ |
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“Why Work and Family are Everyone’s Business: A
Holistic Approach to Work & Family Responsibilities.”
By Thomas A. Kochan.
Perspectives on Work: The Magazine of the IRRA. Vol 4, Number
2. 2000.
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To order:
Industrial Relations Research Association
121 Labor and Industrial Relations
University of Illinois
504 E. Armory, MC-504
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-0072
http://www.irra.uiuc.edu/ |
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Work-life Strategies
Books:
| Ask the Children: The Breakthrough Study
that Reveals How to Succeed at Work and Parenting. By Ellen
Galinsky. New York: Harper Collins, 1999. |
| Balancing Work and Family.
By Ken Lizotte and Barbara Litwak. AMACOM, 1995 |
| Breaking the Mold: Women, Men, and Time
in the New Corporate World. By Lotte Bailyn. The Free Press,
1993 |
| Father Courage: What
Happens When Men Put Family First. By Suzanne Braun Levine.
New York: Harcourt, 2000. |
| The 100 Best Companies to Work for in
America. By Milton Moskowitz and Robert Levering. Dutton/Plume,
1993. |
| Working Fathers: New
Strategies for Balancing Work and Family. By James A. Levine
and Todd L. Pittinsky. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company,
1997. |
Articles:
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“Holding a Job, Having a Life: Strategies for Change.”
By Jill Casner-Lotto. Work in America Institute.
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To order:
Work in America Institute
700 White Plains Road
Scarsdale, NY 10583
914-472-9600
http://www.workinamerica.org |
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