Work-Life Integration

PAUL BLYTON is Professor of Industrial Relations and Industrial Sociology at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK and a Research Associate, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS). His main research interests include workers' response to work organization change, their experience of different work time schedules, and the implications of working time patterns for non-work life. He is currently preparing a new 3rd edition of The Realities of Work (with M. Noon, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) and co-editing (with N. Bacon, E. Heery a

Deals with the question of work-life balance and the difficulties of managing multiple roles. The research presented in this collection introduces perspectives such as the voice of children, the challenges that students face, the role of both employers and unions and how different occupational groups experience work-life balancing strategies.The question of work-life balance and the difficulties of managing multiple roles is attracting considerable interest. This international collection broadens the focus of these debates and presents recent research findings that will further stimulate theoretical development and empirical studies. While much previous research has focused on the challenges faced by working mothers, the research presented in this collection introduces perspectives that have not been widely included in previous work in the field, such as the voice of children, the challenges that students face, the role of both employers and unions and how different occupational groups experience work-life balancing strategies.