Work-Life Balance in Times of Recession, Austerity and Beyond

Suzan Lewis is Professor of Organizational Psychology at Middlesex University, London, UK. Deirdre Anderson is a Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour at Cranfield University School of Management, UK. Clare Lyonette is a Principal Research Fellow at the Warwick Institute for Employment Research (IER), UK. Nicola Payne is a Health Psychologist and Associate Professor in Psychology at Middlesex University, UK. Stephen Wood is Professor of Management, School of Business, University of Leicester, UK.

1. Working Time Trends and Work-Life Balance in Europe since the Onset of the Great Recession

Colette Fagan and Greet Vermeylen

2. Work-Life Balance, Health and Well-Being in Times of Austerity

Gail Kinman and Almuth McDowall

3. Employer Support for Work-Life Balance in Recession: Findings for Britain from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey

Lucy Stokes and Stephen Wood

4. Work-Life Balance and Austerity: Implications of New Ways of Working in British Public Sector Organisations

Clare Lyonette, Deirdre Anderson, Suzan Lewis, Nicola Payne and Stephen Wood

5. Regulating Work and Care Relationships in a Time of Austerity: A Legal Perspective

Nicole Busby and Grace James

6. Trade Unions and Work-Life Balance: The Impact of the Great Recession in France and the UK

Susan Milner

7. Work-Life Balance and Class: In Search of Working-Class Work-Lives.

Tracey Warren

8. Self-Employment in Times of Economic Crisis: Work-Life Challenges

Laura den Dulk, Anne Annink and Bram Peper

9. The Physical Workplace and Work-Life Balance: Perspectives from Practice

Ziona Strelitz

10. Revisiting the Dual Agenda: Why Companies Miss the Point if they Retract Flexible Work Arrangements during Bad Times

Hyosun Kim, Lotte Bailyn and Deborah M. Kolb

11. Towards a Triple Agenda for Work-Life Balance Beyond Recession and Austerity

Deirdre Anderson, Jonathan Swan and Suzan Lewis