Organizational Change and Gender Equity

Comparing progress in the United Kingdom, United States, Scandinavia and Australia, this book looks at how organizations are changing to help individuals combine work and family roles. An interdisciplinary and international team of contributors: explore the problems of working parents and policies adopted to help them; examine workplace programmes relevant to work-family and gender issues in the four societies; and present case studies of organizations undergoing change.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONIntroduction - Linda Haas, Philip Hwang and Graeme RussellPART TWO: FATHERS AND MOTHERS AT THE WORKPLACEEmployed Mothers and Fathers in the United States - Ellen Galinsky and Jennifer Swanberg Understanding How Work and Family Life Fit TogetherMothers and Fathers in the Workplace - Julia Brannen The United KingdomConflicting Commitments - Helen Glezer and Ilene Wolcott Working Mothers and Fathers in AustraliaEquality and Backlash - Ulla Björnberg Family, Gender and Social Policy in SwedenPART THREE: WORKPLACE POLICIES AND PROGRAMSWorkplace Programs and Policies that Address Work-Family and Gender Equity Issues in the United States - Gary BowenWorkplace Programmes and Policies in the United Kingdom - Julia Brannen and Sue LewisFrom Equal Employment Opportunity to Family-Friendly Policies and Beyond - Rohan Squirchuk and Juliet Bourke Gender Equity in AustraliaPrograms and Policies Promoting Women¿s Economic Equality and Men¿s Sharing of Child Care in Sweden - Linda Haas and Philip HwangPART FOUR: ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND GENDERMoving Corporations in the US Toward Gender Equity - Lotte Bailyn, Rhona Rapoport and Joyce Fletcher A Cautionary TaleOrganisational Change and Gender Equity - Sue Lewis Case Studies from the United KingdomOrganisational Change and Gender Equity - Graeme Russell and Don Edgar An Australian Case StudyOrganizational Cultures, Families and Careers in Scandinavia - Yvonne Due BillingSwedish Parents at a Multinational Conglomerate - Clarissa Kugelberg