Handbook of Work-Family Integration: Research, Theory, and Best Practices

In today's industrialized societies, the majority of parents work full time while caring for and raising their children and managing household upkeep, trying to keep a precarious balance of fulfilling multiple roles as parent, worker, friend, & child. Increasingly demands of the workplace such as early or late hours, travel, commute, relocation, etc. conflict with the needs of being a parent. At the same time, it is through work that people increasingly define their identity and self-worth, and which provides the opportunity for personal growth, interaction with friends and colleagues, and which provides the income and benefits on which the family subsists. The interface between work and family is an area of increasing research, in terms of understanding stress, job burn out, self-esteem, gender roles, parenting behaviors, and how each facet affects the others.

The research in this area has been widely scattered in journals in psychology, family studies, business, sociology, health, and economics, and presented in diverse conferences (e.g., APA, SIOP, Academy of Management). It is difficult for experts in the field to keep up with everything they need to know, with the information dispersed. This Handbook will fill this gap by synthesizing theory, research, policy, and workplace practice/organizational policy issues in one place.

The book will be useful as a reference for researchers in the area, as a guide to practitioners and policy makers, and as a resource for teaching in both undergraduate and graduate courses.

Handbook of Work-Family Integration:
Theories, Perspectives and Best Practices

Chapter 1: Historical Trends in Work-Family: The Evolution of Earning and Caring
Denise L. Whitehead

Chapter 2: A Conceptual Model of the Work-Family Interface
Patricia Voydanoff

Chapter 3: Reflections and Future Directions on Measurement in Work-Family Research
Dawn S. Carlson & Joseph G. Grzywacz

Chapter 4: On Multiple Roles: Past, Present and Future
Rosalind Chait Barnett

Chapter 5: Toxic Job Ecologies, Lagging Time Convoys and Work-Family Conflict: Can Families (Re)Gain Control and Life Course “Fit”?
Phyllis Moen & Noelle Chesley

Chapter 6: Too Much To Do, and Not Enough Time: An Examination of Role Overload
Linda Duxbury, Sean Lyons, & Christopher Higgins

Chapter 7: Spillover Between Personal and Professional Life: Definitions, Antecedents, Consequences, and Strategies
Steven Poelmans, Olena Stepanova & Aline Masuda

Chapter 8: Work-Related Outcomes of the Work-Family Interface: Why Organizations Should Care
Jay M. Dorio, Rebecca H. Klein, & Tammy D. Allen

Chapter 9: The Emotional Dimension of Family Time and Their Implications for Work-Family Balance
Shira Offer & Barbara Schneider

Chapter 10: Health and Well-Being Outcomes of the Work Family Interface
E. Kevin Kelloway, Jane Mullen & Elizabeth Kelley

Chapter 11: Integrating Gender-related Issues into Research on Work and Family
Karen Korabik, Allyson McElwain, & Dara B. Chappell

Chapter 12: Viewing 21st Century Motherhood Through a Work-Family Lens
Sarah Damaske & Kathleen Gerson

Chapter 13: Work-Life Issues for Fathers
Kerry Daly, Lynda Ashbourne & Linda Hawkins

Chapter 14: Coping with Work-Family Conflict: Integrating Individual and Organization Perspectives
Anat Drach-Zahavy and Anit Somech

Chapter 15: Social Support and Work-Family Conflict
Roya Ayman & Amy Antani

Chapter 16: How do Labour Policies and Social Policies Frame Work-life Integration?
Donna S. Lero

Chapter 17: Work and Family Policy Implementation: An Employment and Organizational Behavior Perspective
Ellen Kossek & Linn Van Dyne

Chapter 18: Work-family Culture:
Current Research and Future Directions
Jeanine Andreassi & Cynthia A. Thompson

Chapter 19: Cross-Cultural Approaches to Work-Family Conflict
Zeynep Aycan

Chapter 20: Future Directions in Work-Family
Suzan Lewis & Donna S. Lero