M. Bäck-Wiklund & T. van der Lippe 
Quality of Life and Work in Europe 
Theory, Practice and Policy

Intense globalization, rapidly changing workplaces and family patterns have renewed the international interest in quality of life. This book examines different institutional arrangements, work-place conditions and gendered work and care that affect the conditions for achieving quality of work and life in European countries.

Table of Content

Quality of Life and Work in a Changing Europe; T.van der Lippe & M.Bäck-Wiklund PART I: CONTEXT, THEORY AND METHODS Quality of Life and Work in a Changing Europe: A Theoretical Framework; L.den Dulk, M.Bäck-Wiklund, S.Lewis & D.Redai The Institutional Context of the Quality of Life; S.Kovacheva, A.van Doorne-Huiskes & T.Anttila Data and Methods; T.van der Lippe, S.Szucs, S.Drobni? & L.Billquist PART II: EMPIRICAL RESULTS Quality of Work and Quality of Life of Service Sector Workers: Cross-national Variations in Eight European Countries; P.Präg, M.das Dorres Guerreiro, J.Nätti, M.Brookes & L.den Dulk Quality of Life and Satisfaction with the Work-life Balance; S.Szücs, S.Drobni?, L.den Dulk & R.Verwiebe Variations in Work-Life Balance Satisfaction Among Service Sector Employees; B.Beham, D.Etherington & E.Rodrigues Competing Demands: Work and Child Well-Being; L.Lane, T.van der Lippe, S.Kabaivanov & M.Bäck-Wiklund Gender Differences in Quality of Life; E.Fodor, L.Lane, J. Schippers & T.van der Lippe PART III: POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND THE FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA Healthy Organizations; S.Lewis, A.van Doorne-Huiskes, D.Redai & M.Barroso Scenarios for the Quality of Life in the Europe of the Future; M.das Dores Guerreiro, A.Mark, L.Billquist & P.Manolova The Social Quality Instrument: Measuring the Social Quality of Work in European Workplaces; S.Taipale, B.Beham & J.Nätti Quality of ife and Work in a Changing Europe: Future Challenges; A.van Doorne-Huiskes & L.den Dulk Bibliography Index

About the author

TIMO ANTTILA researcher in the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland MARGARET BÄCK-WIKLUND Professor of Social Work and Family Policy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden MARGARIDA BARROSO Ph D student at ISCTE-IUL and researcher at the Research Centre for Studies in Sociology (CIES), Portugal BARBARA BEHAM Assistant Professor at the Institute of Management at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany LEILA BILLQUIST Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Sweden MICHAEL BROOKES Senior Lecturer in Economics at Middlesex University Business School, UK ANNEKE VAN DOORNE-HUISKES Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology and ICS Research School of Utrecht University, The Netherlands MARIA DAS DORES GUERREIRO professor at the Department of Sociology, ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon University Institute, Portugal SONJA DROBNI? Professor of Sociology, Chair of Social Science Research Methods at the University of Hamburg, Germany LAURA DEN DULK Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands DAVID ETHERINGTON Principal Researcher at the Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Research at Middlesex University Business School, UK EVA FODOR Associate Professor of Gender Studies at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary STANIMIR KABAIVANOV Ph D student at the University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria SIYKAKOVACHEVA Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria LINDA LANE Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Work at University of Gothenburg, Sweden SUZAN LEWIS Professor of Organisational Psychology at Middlesex University Business School, UK TANJA VAN DER LIPPE Professor of Sociology of Households and Employment Relations at the Department of Sociology and Research School ICS of Utrecht University, The Netherlands POLINA MANOLOVA MA student in Social Policy at University of York, UK ANNABELLE MARK Professor of Healthcare Organisation, Middlesex University, UK and Director of NHS General management Training Scheme Human resource specialism JOUKO NÄTTI Professor of Social Policy in the University of Tampere, Finland PATRICK PRÄG Ph D student at ICS/University of Groningen, The Netherlands DOROTTYA REDAI Ph D student at the Gender Studies Department of Central European University, Hungary EDUARDO ALEXANDRE RODRIGUES is a Ph D student at Lisbon University Institute (ISCTE-IUL) and researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES) JOOP SCHIPPERS Professor of Labour and Gender Economics at Utrecht University, The Netherlands STEFAN SZÜCS Senior researcher at Centre for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), University of Gothenburg, Sweden SAKARI TAIPALE Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Science and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Finland ROLAND VERWIEBE Professor for Social Stratification Research and Quantitative Methods at the University of Vienna, Austria