Work-Family Interface in Sub-Saharan Africa

Work-Family Interface in Sub-Saharan Africa

Challenges and Responses

Mokomane, Zitha

Springer International Publishing AG

08/2016

216

Mole

Inglês

9783319342771

15 a 20 dias

This book examines issues affecting working women with families in Sub-Saharan Africa. It describes a range of strategies for resolving work-family friction and includes policy recommendations as first steps toward remedying longstanding challenges.
Part I Work-Family Interface as a Policy Issue in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapter 1 Introduction.-Chapter 2 Managing Work and Family Demands: The Perspectives of Employed Parents in Ghana.- Chapter 3 Work and family in a cross-cultural context: A comparative review of work-family experiences of working mothers in Australia and Zimbabwe.-Part II Factors Underlying Work-Family Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa.-Chapter 4 Working hours and work-family conflict in the institutional context of Nigeria.- Chapter 5 Strain-Based Family Interference with Work: A Theoretical-Empirical Analysis from South-Eastern Nigeria.-Chapter 6 Sexual Harassment as a Contributory Factor in Work-Family Conflict: Implications for Policies in the Workplace.-Part III Impact on the Families.-Chapter 7 The Social Impact of Job Transfer Policy on Dual Career Families in Botswana.- Chapter 8 Workplace Changes and Its Implications for Work-Family Conflict and Gender Asymmetries in South Africa.-Part IV Coping Strategies.-Chapter 9 The Role of House Helps in Work-Family Balance of Women Employed in the Formal Sector in Kenya.- Chapter 10 The Quest for a Family Policy in Zambia.- Chapter 11 State Measures towards Work-Care Integration in South Africa.- Chapter 12 A Review of Work-Family Research in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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