Research Catalog

Title

Ways of living : work, community and lifestyle choice / edited by Paul Blyton ... [et al.].

Publication

Basingstoke, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Blyton, Paul.

Description

xiii, 324 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"A new look at the ways in which individual decisions are shaped by the different social contexts in which individuals are located - their communities and workplaces. This book examines the influence of different types of social networks on individual choices and the ways in which patterns of paid work shapes people's broader lives"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Decision making
• Decision making > Social aspects
• Social groups
• Lifestyles

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Social change and ways of living : an introduction / Betsy Blunsdon ... [et al.] -- An analysis of time use to reveal national differences in lifestyle patterns / Ken Reed and Guy Cucumel -- Households, work, time use and energy consumption / Steven McEachern -- Longer to launch : demographic changes in life-course transitions / Rosemary A. Venne -- Fortunate lives : professional careers, social position and life choices / Tanya Castleman and Rosslyn Reed -- 'Live to work or work to live?' : the search for work-life balance in twenty-first century Japan / Tim Craig -- Personal communities and lifestyle : the role of family, friends and neighbours / Betsy Blunsdon and Nicola McNeil -- To downshift or not to downshift? : why people make and don't make decisions to change their lives / Carmel Goulding and Ken Reed -- Ways of life after redundancy : anatomy of a community following factory closure / Paul Blyton and Jean Jenkins -- What do (and don't) we know about part-time professional work? / Vivien Corwin -- Work values across cultures : the role of affect and job outcomes among young executives in Canada, Iran and Turkey / Hayat Kabasakal, Pinar Imer and Ali Dastmalchian -- Designing for well-being : the role of the physical work environment / Claudia Steinke, Rei Kurosawa and Ali Dastmalchian -- Shifting responsibility for health and healthy lifestyles : exploring Canadian trends / Angela Downey ... [et al.].

Call Number

JBD 10-105

ISBN

• 9780230202283 (hardback)
• 0230202284 (hardback)

LCCN

2009044086

OCLC

YBP 2009044086

Title

Ways of living : work, community and lifestyle choice / edited by Paul Blyton ... [et al.].

Imprint

Basingstoke, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Blyton, Paul.

Research Call Number

JBD 10-105