Time bomb : work rest and play in Australia today /

Time poverty is a problem for many Australian households and work is the main culprit. Australians start work young, and we are working more, and longer into old age. While maximising our productivity and enhancing our professional skills, we must also raise our children well, care for our aged, be...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pocock, Barbara
Other Authors: Skinner, Natalie, Williams, Philippa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Sydney, N.S.W. : University of New South Wales Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Work-life balance > Australia.
Quality of work life > Australia.
Quality of life > Australia.
Work and family > Australia.
Community life > Australia.
Conciliation travail-vie personnelle > Australie.
Qualité de la vie au travail > Australie.
Qualité de la vie > Australie.
Travail et familles > Australie.
Communauté > Australie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Community life
Quality of life
Quality of work life
Work and family
Work-life balance
Australia
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Set your alarm clock early; 2. We need to talk about work, Kevin; 3. Caring by the clock; 4. Yearning for community: it takes time; 5. Growing up in the suburbs; 6. Learn, earn and burn? Education and work-life in Australia; 7. Work, rest and play; 8. Finding time for sustainable living; 9. Defusing the time bomb; Notes; Index.

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