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The Human Face of Workplace Flexibility

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This article reviews several recent studies on working families and discusses the importance of why workplace flexibility needs to become a standard of the U.S. workplace. Most children reside in households with either two employed parents or an employed single parent. The inflexibility of work and school schedules is a pressure that working parents feel on a daily basis and one that affects their work-related productivity, health, and family life. Whether employed in a white-collar job or in a low-wage one, employed parents often experience anxiety and guilt as they face the obligations of work and family. Parent-role overload and time deprivations are particularly acute problems that many employed mothers and fathers cope with on a daily basis. Overall, work-family conflict leads to decreased psychological well-being. Parents need to work to meet the needs of their families, yet their lives show signs that the current situation is untenable. A new balance needs to be achieved between work and home for working families.

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  • Barbara Schneider, 2011. "The Human Face of Workplace Flexibility," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 638(1), pages 103-122, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:638:y:2011:i:1:p:103-122
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716211415824
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