Ways of Living: Work, Community and Lifestyle Choice

Book Overview

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 Balance in 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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134930039X
• ISBN13: 9781349300396
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"