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Finding time : [electronic resource] how corporations, individuals, and families can benefit from new work practices / Leslie A. Perlow.

By: Perlow, Leslie A, 1967-.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Collection on technology and work. Publisher: Ithaca, NY : ILR Press, 1997Description: xx, 156 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0801434254 (alk. paper); 9780801434259 (alk. paper); 0801484456 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780801484452 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Hours of labor | Work and family | Quality of life | Leisure | Tijdsbesteding | Kwaliteit van het bestaan | Werkbelasting | Horaires de travail | Travail et famille | Qualité de la vie | LoisirDDC classification: 331.25/7 Other classification: 85.60 Online resources: Free eBook from the Internet Archive | Additional information and access via Open Library
Contents:
Life in the fast lane -- Organizational superstar: Max's story -- Ideal female employee: Laura's story -- Individual heroics: criteria for success -- Home life: tradeoffs between work and family -- How work really gets done -- Help and helping: Matt's and Sarah's stories -- Constant interruptions: misuses of time -- Crisis mentality: rhythms of work -- Vicious work time cycle: a major impediment to corporate productivity -- Possibility of change -- Flexible work options fall short: Kate's story -- Potential for collective change: quiet time -- New work practices: benefits for corporations, individuals, and families.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-151) and index.

pt. 1. Life in the fast lane -- ch. 1. Organizational superstar: Max's story -- ch. 2. Ideal female employee: Laura's story -- ch. 3. Individual heroics: criteria for success -- ch. 4. Home life: tradeoffs between work and family -- pt. 2. How work really gets done -- ch. 5. Help and helping: Matt's and Sarah's stories -- ch. 6. Constant interruptions: misuses of time -- ch. 7. Crisis mentality: rhythms of work -- ch. 8. Vicious work time cycle: a major impediment to corporate productivity -- pt. 3. Possibility of change -- ch. 9. Flexible work options fall short: Kate's story -- ch. 10. Potential for collective change: quiet time -- ch. 11. New work practices: benefits for corporations, individuals, and families.

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