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Title Being together, working apart : dual-career families and the work-life balance / edited by Barbara Schneider and Linda J. Waite
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005

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Description 553 pages
Contents Part I. Studying Working Families: An Experiential Approach: -- 1. Why study working families? / Barbara Schneider and Linda J. Waite -- 2. The design of the 500 family study / Lisa Hoogstra -- Commentary / Joel M. Hektner and Jiri Zuzanek -- Part II. Experiences at Work and at Home: Section overview / Jennifer Hanis-Martin -- 3. Spending time at work and at home: what workers do, how they feel about it, and how these emotions affect family life / Holly R. Sexton -- Commentary / Jerry A. Jacobs and Patricia M. Raskin -- 4. Women's intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for working / Sylvia Martinez -- Commentary / Phyllis Moen -- 5. Momentary emotion and cortisol levels in the everyday lives of working parents / Emma K. Adam -- Commentary / Douglas A. Granger and Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff -- 6. Emotional transmission between parents and adolescents: the importance of work characteristics and relationship quality / Jennifer L. Matjasko and Amy F. Feldman -- Commentary / Reed Larson --
Part III. Marriage and Family: Section overview / Alisa C. Lewin -- 7. The Everyday Emotional Experiences of Husbands and Wives / Chi-Young Koh -- Commentary / Elaine Wethington and Norval D. Glenn -- 8. Couples Making It Happen: Marital Satisfaction and What Works for Highly Satisfied Couples / Mark R. Nielsen -- Commentary / William J. Doherty and Scott M. Stanley --Part IV. Making It Work At Home: Section overview / Shira Offer -- 9. Measuring the Gender Gap in Household Labor: Accurately Estimating Wives' and Husbands' Contributions / Yun-Suk Lee -- Commentary / Glenna Spitze -- 10. A Strategy for Working Families: High-Level Commodification of Household Services / Carolyn P. Stuenkel -- Commentary / Tom Fricke -- 11. Television Use and Communication within Families with Adolescents / Nicholas P. Dempsey -- Commentary / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Robert Kubey --
12. Religiosity, Emotional Well-Being and Family Processes in Working Families / Jennifer A. Schmidt --Commentary / Don S. Browning -- Part V. Parenting and Adolescent Development: Section overview / Phillip L. Hammack -- 13. Adolescents' Assessments of Parental Role Management in Dual-Earner Families / Elaine Marchena -- Commentary / Rena L. Repetti, Tali Klima, and Tamar Kremer-Sadlik -- 14. Imagining Family Roles: Parental Influences on the Expectations of Adolescents in Dual-Career Families / Matthew N. Weinshenker -- Commentary / Mick Cunningham and Jennifer Glass -- 15. Transmitting Educational Values: Parent Occupation and Adolescent Development / Kimberly S. Maier -- Commentary / Jeylan T. Mortimer --
16. Following in their Parents' Footsteps: How Characteristics of Parental Work Predict Adolescents' Interest in Parents' Jobs / Ariel Kalil, Judith A. Levine and Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest -- Commentary / Nancy L. Galambos -- Part VI. Lessons to be Learned -- 17. Achieving Work-Life Balance: Strategies for Dual-Earner Families / Kathleen E. Christensen
Summary "A recent study of 500 families, which focuses on middle-class dual-career families in eight communities across the US, provides a holistic view of the complexities of work and family life experienced by parents and their children. This unique study has resulted in an unusually rich data set due to the variety of methods used. Drawing on the study, this book explores how dual-earner families cope with the stresses and demands of balancing work and family life, whether the time parents spend working is negatively affecting their children, how mothers feel managing both work and household responsibilities, and what role fathers are taking in family life. In answering these questions the authors argue for a new balance between work and family life. The book with its rich data, findings, and commentary from an interdisciplinary group of scholars provides a valuable resource for academics, policy makers, and working parents."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Dual-career families -- United States.
Middle class families -- United States.
Work and family -- United States.
Author Waite, Linda J.
Schneider, Barbara L.
LC no. 2004056818
ISBN 0521607892 paperback alkaline paper
0521845718 alkaline paper