This international collection explores aspects of lifestyle and identity, societal influences on ways of living, the relevance of social networks and geographic communities for lifestyle choices, and the significance of organisational policies and practices for lifestyle outcomes. INDICE: Social Change and Ways of Living: An Introduction; B.Blunsdon , K.Reed , P.Blyton ; A.Dastmalchian - PART I: LIFESTYLE AND IDENTITY - An Analysis of Time Use to Reveal National Differences in Lifestyle Patterns; K.Reed ; G.Cucumel - Households, Work, Time Use and Energy Consumption; S.McEachern - Longer to Launch: Demographic Changes in Life-Course Transitions; R.A.Venne - Fortunate Lives: Professional Careers, Social Position and Life Choices; T.Castleman ; R.Reed - Live to Work or Work to Live? The Search for Work-life Balancein 21st Century Japan; T.Craig - PART II: COMMUNITY - Personal Communities and Lifestyle: The Role of Family, Friends and Neighbours; B.Blunsdon ; N.McNeil- To Downshift or Not to Downshift? Why People Make and Don't Make Decisions to Change Their Lives; C.Goulding ; K.Reed - Ways of Life after Redundancy: Anatomy of a Community Following Factory Closure; P.Blyton ; J.Jenkins - PART III: WORK AND ORGANIZATIONS - What Do (and Don't) We Know About Part-Time Professional Work?; V.Corwin - Work Values, Across Cultures: The Role of Affect and Job Outcomes Among Young Executives in Canada, Iran and Turkey; H.Kabasakal , P.Imer ; A.Dastmalchian - Designing for Well-Being: The Role of the Physical Work Environment; C.Steinke , R.Kurosawa ; A.Dastmalchian - Shifting Responsibility for Health and Healthy Lifestyles: Exploring Canadian Trends; Angela Downey , A.Dastmalchian , H.Kelley , D.Sharp ; K.D'Agnone
- ISBN: 978-0-230-20228-3
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 344
- Fecha Publicación: 18/11/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés