Communication and the Work-Life Balancing Act

Elizabeth Fish Hatfield is assistant professor at the University of Houston - Downtown.

This edited collection analyzes how communication and gender influence work-life balance decisions for men and women in today's culture. Touching on key topics in work-life balance research, contributors explore case studies that expose the challenges and progress influencing families today.

ContentsForewordPatrice BuzzanellIntroductionElizabeth Fish HatfieldCrafting the Modern Ideal WorkerChapter 1The ideal teleworker: A critique of ideal-worker constructions in a nonstandard work environmentMillie A. HarrisonChapter 2What work-life balance? Ohio welfare to work program managers' focus on paid workTiffany Taylor, Katrina Bloch, and Brianna TurgeonChapter 3Putting your career first: Forbes' guilt-free working momSamantha SzczurHaving It All in a Culture of Competing DemandsChapter 4Freedom with limits: Communication, work-life balance and the "mompreneur"Cara JacocksChapter 5Opting (back) in to paid work: A capitalist, gendered, classed, careerist analysisErika L. Kirby with Timothy Kuhn, M. Chad McBride, George F. (Guy) McHendry, Jr., Rebecca J. Meisenbach, Robyn V. Remke, and Stacey M. B. WielandChapter 6Innovative career-life initiatives for women faculty in STEM: A content analysis of funded NSF ADVANCE STEM Institutional Transformation proposalsElizabeth Tolman and Amanda Macht JantzerChapter 7It's about priorities: Adaptation strategies of dual military couplesDavid G. SmithGender Roles at Home in a Dual Earner SocietyChapter 8"There's a thousand invisible things I do around here": Examining mothers' roles in the gendered division of labor on sitcomsElizabeth Fish HatfieldChapter 9Work-family balance and immigrant Sub-Saharan women in the United StatesGladys MuasyaChapter 10Uncovering pathways to support for family relocation: The gendered influence of the divisions of housework and perceptions of fairnessShannon N. Davis, Julia Anderson, and Shannon K. JacobsenDefining Work-Life Balance Beyond MothersChapter 11Social stigma, child-free identities, and work-life balanceJessica M. Rick and Rebecca J. MeisenbachChapter 12Tracing the Daddy Wars: The emergence of dad culture and the prioritization of work-life balanceElizabeth Fish Hatfield and Katherine HampstenChapter 13Paternity leave, identity and fatherhoodScott Sellnow-Richmond and Loraleigh KeashleyAbout the Editor and Contributors