‘Busy Bees,’ ‘Deferrers,’ and ‘Perseverers’ – On the Cultural Re-Poling of Work and Family

Authors

  • Cord Arendes Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Zentrum für Europäische Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften (ZEGK), Historisches Seminar/Lehrstuhl für Zeitgeschichte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14766/446

Keywords:

Arbeit, Beruf, Familie, Reproduktionsarbeit, Geschlecht, Gender

Abstract

How can we reach a satisfactory balance between work and family for all parties in a global economy? Arlie Russel Hochschild examines the implementation of programs geared toward finding this balance in a top American company. She shows that in contrast to the stated goals of such programs, the measures contribute to the acceleration of a negative change in values: Particularly for women, but also for men, the company becomes home, whereas the family only means additional work as a “second shift.”

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Published

2006-07-13

Issue

No. 19 (2006): Religion

Section

Offener Teil

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Copyright (c) 2006 Cord Arendes

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