Attitudes to Flexible Working and Family Life

ISBN-13: 9781861345493 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 68 str.

Diane M. Houston; Julia A. Waumsley

Opis

This report is the first to examine attitudes towards flexible working and family life. Drawing on a study of over 1500 members of the Amalgamated Electrical and Engineering Union (AEEU) and interviews with 53 AEEU shop stewards, the report: . vbTab]examines attitudes to, and uptake of, flexible working practices among employees who work full-time;. vbTab]compares the attitudes of women and men, those who do and do not have caring responsibilities and those at different occupational levels;. vbTab]considers the ways in which workplace culture and individual circumstances determine attitudes to flexible working;. vbTab]explores the career implications of flexible working."