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Work-Life Fit and the Life Course |
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An interview with Phyllis Moen |
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Work-Life Fit and the Life Course |
An Interview with Phyllis Moen
Phyllis Moen
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by Judi Casey and Karen Corday | Download Interview (PDF)
Casey: How does the concept of life-course fit better describe the efforts to manage home and work demands, in comparison to the terms “work-family” or “work-life”?
Moen: For one thing, it is a noun, not an adjective. We use “work-life” as a modifier for a lot of different outcomes, and there is some argument about whether they are objective or subjective measures (such as conflict, enhancement, spillover, enrichment). The concept of "fit" is a subjective, cognitive assessment by individual family members of the degree of match or mismatch between the claims on them and the resources available to them. "Fit" moves away from a focus by work-family scholars on people (especially mothers) who have children.
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Storm of Changes:
Reconciling Work and Family Life in Poland |
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Poland has experienced dramatic changes over the last 20 years. As a country, we made a successful transformation from socialism to capitalism and from one-party rule to democracy. The revolution of all aspects of individuals’ and families’ everyday lives began in 1990. Prior to that time, women of working age participated in the labour market almost to the same extent as men and the participation rates were even higher than those of the widely recognized “women employment friendly” Scandinavian countries. There was a rule of guaranteed—indeed, obligatory—employment, and the vacancies outnumbered the job seekers. Compared to Western countries, Poland had a relatively high fertility rate. Women had their first child at an earlier age and most children were born to married women.
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| LITERATURE UPDATES |
The Sloan Work and Family Research Network maintains an online database that contains the citations and annotations of work-family research publications.
One year ago, there were 9,900 citations in the Literature Database. As of September 2009, we now have over 10,840 citations.
Each month, we highlight up to 10 publications that have recently been entered into this database.
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