Unbinding Time: Alternate Work Schedules and Work-Life Balance

By M. Tausig, R. Fenwick. 2001

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Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Workhours and worklife balance (2008, background): “Some studies had both positive and negative results, showing positive effects of familiarity with the roster and the ability to take a day off (17), but not of flexible workhours (33).”
The Job Costs of Family Demands (2005, background): “Workers’ability to make scheduling adjustments at work is one of the most useful familyfriendly benefits to parents (Hewlett & West, 1998), and workers who have control over their work schedules report feeling more successful at balancing work and family life (Tausig & Fenwick, 2001).”
Beyond the Mommy Track: The Influence of New-Concept Part-Time Work for Professional Women on Work and Family (2004, background): “The most persistent work characteristic that predicts work-family imbalance is long work hours ( Tausing & Fenwick, 2001 ), especially for women (Maume & Houston, 2001).”
Gender Differences in the Perception of Work-Life Balance (2010, result): “This is consistent with the previous studies (Tausig and Fenwick, 2001).”
Making the link between work-life balance practices and organizational performance (2009, background): “While there is no one accepted definition of what constitutes a work-life balance practice, the term usually refers to one of the following: organizational support for dependent care, flexible work options, and family or personal leave (Estes & Michael, 2005).”
The Work‐Family Interface: Differentiating Balance and Fit (2004, background): “Parenthood is reportedly the most stressful role for individuals and can thus negatively impact balance and well-being (Barnett & Baruch, 1985; Tausig & Fenwick, 2001).”
Family Structure, Gender, and the Work–Family Interface: Work-to-Family Conflict Among Single and Partnered Parents (2012, methodology): “Increasing the flexibility of workplaces, especially in terms of employees controlling the scheduling of their work hours, may be one effective tool for time-pressed individuals, including single parents, to deal with the challenges they face that may lead to work-to-family conflict (Christensen and”
Endorsing Equity and Applauding Stay-at-Home Moms: How Male Voices on Work-Life Reveal Aversive Sexism and Flickers of Transformation (2010, background): “Research supports that flexibility is a significant part of worklife wellness (Hill, Hawkins, Ferris, & Weitzman, 2001; Tausig & Fenwick, 2001), and even during the 2008-2009 recession, companies are maintaining flexibility as a work-life priority (Galinsky & Bond, 2009).”
Work Life Balance: A Conceptual Review (2018, background): “The studies have also indicated that the major stress experienced by females experience arises from family demands rather than work demands particularly when the family has children [102].”
New Ways of Working: Impact on Working Conditions, Work–Family Balance, and Well-Being (2014, background): “Similarly, flexible work schedules may cause more stress owing to constantly changing schedules that result in a highly unstructured daily program (Tausig and Fenwick 2001).”
Feeling Rushed: Gendered Time Quality, Work Hours, Nonstandard Work Schedules, and Spousal Crossover (2017, background): “A body of research suggests that nonstandard work schedules have detrimental effects on employees’ health and wellbeing, on their job satisfaction, and on their work-life balance (Bardasi & Francesconi, 2000; Presser, 2003; Shields, 2002; Tausig & Fenwick, 2001).”
A Review of the Literature on the Social and Economic Determinants of Parental Time (2008, background): “The fact that mothers devote more time to their children compared to fathers has been well documented in the literature (Abroms and Goldscheider 2002; Bianchi 2000; Hill et al. 2004; Sayer et al. 2004; Tausig and Fenwick 2001 ).”