Handbook of Research on WorkÐLife Balance in Asia

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Luo Lu, Cary L. Cooper
Edward Elgar Publishing, Jul 31, 2015 - Business & Economics - 352 pages

In Asian societies, work and family issues are only recently beginning to gain attention. The pressure of rapid social change and increasing global competition is compounded by the long hours work culture, especially in the Pan-Confucian societies such

 

Contents

1 Introduction
1
THE ASIAN PERSPECTIVE
7
testing a cultural theory of work and family in Taiwan
9
3 Workfamily conflicts and coping strategies in Asia
35
4 Heavy work investment and workfamily balance among Japanese dualearner couples
61
5 Crossover effects in workfamily interface between Chinese dualearner couples
77
the early childrearing experience of dualearner couples
99
the moderating role of Chines
116
the case of Greater China Region workers
157
implications for workfamily interfae
181
theory and practice
207
12 The policies to support worklife balance and the impact of work stress on family life among emotional labourers in Korea
236
The crosscultural Perspective
249
13 Comparative analysis of worklife balance policies and work practices in Taiwan and Japan
251
Singapore and South Korea
271
15 Crosscultural impact of worklife balance on health and work outcomes
295

8 Relationships between workfamily conflict genderrole attitude and job burnout
137
The Asian Perspect
155

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