Home and work : negotiating boundaries through everyday life

Home and work : negotiating boundaries through everyday life / Christena E. Nippert-Eng.

Do you put family photos on your desk at work? Are your home and work keys on the same chain? Do you keep one all-purpose calendar for listing home and work events? Do you have separate telephone books for colleagues and friends? In Home and Work, Christena Nippert-Eng examines the intricacies and i...

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Main Author: Nippert-Eng, Christena E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Subjects:
Organizational sociology.
Work and family.
Corporate culture.
Social psychology.
social psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Corporate culture
Organizational sociology
Social psychology
Work and family
Familie
Arbeit
Arbeid.
Persoonlijke levenssfeer.
Gezin.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Negotiating Home and Work: From Integration to Segmentation; 1. Territories of the Self: Recognizing the Home-Work Boundary; 2. Cognitive Engineering: Bridging Time, Space, and Self; 3. Structural Constraints and Personal Discretion: Work Stakes Its Claim; 4. Be It Ever So Humble, There Arer Also Surveyors at Home; 5. Jimmy, Eleanor, and the Logic of Boundary Work; Conclusion. Beyond Home and Work: Boundary Theory; Appendix. Interview Questionnaire for Home and Work; References; Index.

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