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  title info:
    title: Work–Family Interface in Sub-Saharan Africa
    sub title: Challenges and Responses
  name:
    name part: Mokomane, Zitha.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XI, 216 p. 5 illus. online resource.
  abstract: Work-Family Interface in Sub-Saharan Africa Challenges and Responses Zitha Mokomane, editor Problems associated with work-family conflict do not belong to individual families alone, but have a major social and economic impact on the greater community. This scenario also holds true across sub-Saharan Africa, as nations enter the global economy and rising numbers of women enter the workforce. One of the first resources to focus on this region, Work-Family Interface in Sub-Saharan Africa probes rarely-studied dimensions of conflict between paid employment and family responsibilities. It balances theoretical background, empirical findings, and current and emerging interventions for an insightful and practical review of ongoing issues affecting working women with families. Coverage contrasts concepts of work and family between the developing world and the West, and related social concerns such as gender expectations and sexual harassment are examined in the work context. The book describes a range of family strategies for resolving work-family friction, and chapters end with policy recommendations as first steps toward remedying longstanding challenges. Among the thought-provoking dispatches: Ghana: Managing work and family demands Nigeria: Strain-based family interference with work Botswana: The social impact of job transfer policy on dual-career families Kenya: The role of household help in work-family balance South Africa: State measures toward work-care integration Zambia: The quest for a family policy As evinced by these chapters, progress is gradual and far from uniform. As a guide for future study and future policy, Work-Family Interface in Sub-Saharan Africa is a substantial reference for sociologists, public health professionals, public and social policymakers, and administrators.
  table of contents: 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.
  note: edited by Zitha Mokomane.
  subject:
    topic: Social sciences
  subject:
    topic: Public health
  subject:
    topic: Social policy
  subject:
    topic: Demography
  subject:
    topic: Families
  subject:
    topic: Families
    topic: Social aspects
  subject:
    topic: Social Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Family
  subject:
    topic: Public Health
  subject:
    topic: Demography
  subject:
    topic: Social Policy
  classification: HQ1-2044
  classification: 306.85
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      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice
  identifier: 9783319012377
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01237-7
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