TY - BOOK AU - Paludi,Michele Antoinette TI - Women, work, and family: how companies thrive with a 21st-century multicultural workforce SN - 9781440803093 AV - HD 6053 .W6455 2014 PY - 2014///] CY - Santa Barbara, California PB - Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC KW - Women KW - Employment KW - Work and family KW - Working mothers KW - Sex discrimination in employment N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I: Why work-life integration?; Women, work, and how it's changing; Michele Kilburn --; Work-life integration : a personal reflection; Tanya Scime --; A journey to achieve work-life integration; Michelle Wildgrube --; Work-life integration : a woman's story; Avigail Moor --; Inequality in the division of household labor and childcare; Miriam Liss --; Implicit bias and employment discrimination; Susan Strauss --; To return or not to return : women and the balance between work and life; Katie L. Pustolka --; Why work-life integration is essential for individuals and organizations; Janet Tracey --; The evolution of women in the workforce; Kathryn Halpin --; Part II: Cultural considerations of work-life integration; Acts of dignity : women of color balancing work and family; Lillian Comas-Diaz --; The paradox for advancing women in paid work and public life in post-EEO era; Carolyn Noble --; Czech female professionals and entrepreneurs between family and career; Martina Rasticova --; Part III: Work-life integration strategies; Toward a mother-friendly workplace : workplace flexibility intervention outcomes; Elise Jones, Joan C. Chrisler, and Ingrid Johnston-Robledo --; Making it work for women, children, and the job; Tracy C. McCausland, Afra Ahmad, Whitney B. Morgan, Eden B. King, and Kristen P. Jones --; Valuing lesbian and gay parenting in the workplace; Ann H. Huffman, Eden B. King, and Abbie E. Goldberg --; Promoting employees' work-life balance : work, organizational, and technological factors; YoungAh Park and Tina C. Elacqua --; Part-time employment for women : implications for women and their children; Katherine A. Sliter and Tina C. Elacqua --; Moving beyond offering flexible work arrangements; Sue A. Epstein and Janet H. Marler --; Sandwiched in : women as child and elder caregivers and employers' responses; Michele A. Paludi N2 - "A sweeping collection of new essays gathers historical background, theoretical perspectives, and the latest research on integrating work and personal life in a multigenerational workforce"-- ER -