The entrance of women into managerial positions in significant numbers brings work and
family issues to center stage, shifting the spotlight from issues of entry and equality of access …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to: summarize the major research that has been
conducted regarding cross‐cultural issues in China; show the current practices on cross …

Scholarship on work and family topics expanded in scope and coverage during the 2000–
2010 decade, spurred by an increased diversity of workplaces and of families, by …

Competing Devotions focuses on the broad social and cultural forces that create women's
identities and shape their understanding of what makes life worth living. Mary Blair-Loy …

Although the term workaholism is widely used, little consensus exists about its meaning, and
there is a great need for further theoretical and methodological advancement. We attempt to …

The Career Mystique shows that most Americans-men and women-continue to embrace the
myth that hard work, long hours, and continuous employment pay off, even though it is out of …

This study explores how the reported use and perceived value of five workplace flexibility
options differ by gender and life stage. It also examines the relationship of perceived …

The goal of this chapter is to present new ways of conceptualizing family-supportive
supervisor behaviors (FSSB), and to present a multilevel model reviewing variables that are …

Most prior research about employees' work-family balance has examined relationships to
organizational characteristics or individual characteristics, but ignored the larger national …

The article examines the preferences for working time among men and women in 22
countries. The main question was whether working hours reflect workers' preferences and …