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    All of work? All of life? Reconceptualising work-life balance for the 21st century

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    Authors
    Kelliher, C.
    Richardson, Julia
    Boiarintseva, G.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Kelliher, C. and Richardson, J. and Boiarintseva, G. 2018. All of work? All of life? Reconceptualising work-life balance for the 21st century. Human Resource Management Journal. 29 (2): pp. 97-112.
    Source Title
    Human Resource Management Journal
    DOI
    10.1111/1748-8583.12215
    ISSN
    0954-5395
    School
    School of Management
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72047
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This paper argues that the study of work-life balance to date has, in the main, adopted a restricted conception of both “work” and “life”, which does not take account of recent developments in life worlds, working arrangements and employment relationships. “Life” has hitherto been viewed as largely comprising caring activities for dependent children, whereas “work” has been premised largely on a traditional model of work, characterised by full-time, permanent employment with one employer and a conventional understanding of what work involves. This means that extant research and theory only provides a partial view of the work-life needs and experiences of the workforce. In the paper, we propose extending conceptions of both work and life to incorporate different life worlds and social groups and different working arrangements and employment relationships.

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