List of contributors -- Introduction: work and family in the new economy -- Italian parents in precarious work: how normative beliefs affect social understandings of the work-family boundary / Anna Carreri -- The second shift and the nonstandard shift: how working nonstandard hours affects the relationship between the division of household labor and wives' fairness perceptions / Katie James and Jody Clay-Warner -- Technology use and the new economy: work extension, network connectivity, and employee distress and productivity / Noelle Chesley and Britta E. Johnson -- What would Jesus haul?: home, work, and the politics of masculinity among Christian long-haul truck drivers / Rebecca L. Upton -- Policing work and family: how workers cope with contradictions and dilemmas of implementing welfare-to-work / Tiffany Taylor -- When work becomes family: the case of low-wage caregivers / Naomi Gerstel and Dan Clawson -- Is work-family conflict a multilevel stressor linking job conditions to mental health? Evidence from the work, family and health network / Phyllis Moen, Anne Kaduk, Ellen Ernst Kossek [and 8 others] -- The relationship of work unit pressure to satisfaction with work-family balance: a new twist on negative spillover? / Jacquelyn Boone James, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Tay K. McNamara [and 2 others] -- Giving care and perceiving discrimination: the social and organizational context of family responsibilities discrimination / Lindsey Trimble O'Connor, Julie A. Kmec and Elizabeth C. Harris -- Policy or empowerment? Policy environments, political empowerment, and work-family conflict / Leah Ruppanner -- Discussing work-life fit: factors that predict managerial promotion of flexible work arrangements / Stephen Sweet, Jacquelyn Boone James and Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes -- Implementing institutional change: flexible work and team processes in a white collar organization / Kelly Chermack, Erin L. Kelly, Phyllis Moen and Samantha K. Ammons
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"This volume sheds light on the work-family challenges that the new economy poses for workers, their families, communities, and employers, and highlights the diversity of experiences present in the modern era"--back cover