Publisher's Synopsis
If both work and parenting are valued, how can policy and practice help working mothers balance their competing demands? How can the diversity of individual need be supported? How can schools, workplaces, fiscal and employment policies, and family members be encouraged to change not jsut their attitudes but their practices? The authors stress the importance of a holistic approach to policy and practice, one that supports flexibility and choice, and one that listens to mothers and their children.Drawing on in-depth interviews with 30 women (15 single, 15 partnered) working in non-professional and non-managerial occupations and with children at primary school, this small-scale, qualitative study explores the views and experiences of working mothers.Family and Work seriesThis major new series of reports explores the impact of work on families and examines the way in which employers respond in policy and practice. This series is aimed at policy makers in central and local government,managers in business, academics, students and professionals with an interest in human resource management and industrial relations, and all those with an interest in work and family life.For other titles in this series , please follow the series link from the main catalogue.
