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      Communication, Advocacy, and Work–Family Balance
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      Communication, Advocacy, and Work–Family Balance

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      Communication, Advocacy, and Work–Family Balance

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      Communication, Advocacy, and Work–Family Balance book

      ByJenny Dixon
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2017
      eBook Published 30 June 2017
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315647036
      Pages 172
      eBook ISBN 9781315647036
      Subjects Communication Studies, Economics, Finance, Business & Industry
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      Dixon, J. (2017). Communication, Advocacy, and Work–Family Balance (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315647036

      ABSTRACT

      This book presents an understanding of work-family balance for working adults belonging to a number of different family structures (e.g. single and/or childfree adults, LGBT couples, families with female breadwinners). It contends that family structure should serve as a way of thinking about diversity (i.e., race, gender, age, family) in the U.S. workplace. It also argues that—in addition to accommodations occurring through workplace policy—the negotiation of work-family balance happens as a result of self-advocacy that occurs in everyday communication about family at work. Relaying the stories of a number of different working adults belonging to a variety of different family structures, it explores the range of obstacles faced in the attempt at balancing work and family life, generates informed ideas for eliminating barriers commonly experienced in balancing work and family, and problematizes enduring assumptions regarding gender roles and the myth of steadfast public and private spheres.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |22 pages

      Introduction

      chapter 1|20 pages

      Perceptions of Family

      chapter 2|22 pages

      Ambiguous Expectations & Precarious Prospects

      chapter 3|21 pages

      Balancing a Lingering Compulsion

      chapter 4|22 pages

      Balancing LGBTQ Identities

      chapter 5|22 pages

      Balancing Gendered Obligations

      chapter 6|15 pages

      Balancing Family of Choice

      chapter |15 pages

      Conclusion

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