A New Work-Life Model for the Twenty-First Century

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ID9750846
AuthorsRosalind C Barnett (Women's Studies Program at Brandeis University, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume562
Issue1
Pages143-158
Publication date1999-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716299562001010
OpenAlexW4254428936
LanguageEN
Citations received41
References cited17

With the coming of the new century, talk of change and new beginnings is everywhere—the new family, the new workforce, the new corporation, the new employee-employer contract. In the midst of all this talk of change, however, policies and practices in the work-life area remain surprisingly the same. No innovative ways of framing the issues have captured the imagination of policymakers; no dramatically new approaches have been embraced to meet the needs of changed constituencies. The author argues that this stagnation is due to well-entrenched but out-of-date assumptions about men and women, work and family. These assumptions have served to severely limit the development of creative approaches to corporate work-family policies. The challenge for the new century is to break the hold of these assumptions and find fresh approaches to work-life issues. The aim of this article is to articulate one such fresh approach

Corporation · Economics · Framing (construction · Management · Political economy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Work (physics · Workforce · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · History · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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