Family, Work and Wellbeing in Asia

This book delivers timely research on the various interfaces of family and work, and their impacts on individual wellbeing in East and Southeast Asia. It highlights changing family structures and processes, with special attention to inter-generational relationships, gender roles, cultural norms and...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Tsai, Ming-Chang (Editor), Chen, Wan-chi (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
SeriesQuality of Life in Asia, 9
Subjects
Social sciences.
Ethnology > Asia.
Public policy.
Medical research.
Quality of life.
Demography.
Social policy.
Community psychology.
Environmental psychology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789811043130
ISSN2211-0550 ;
DOI10.1007/978-981-10-4313-0
Physical DescriptionX, 213 p. 17 illus., 10 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Family-Work Nexus and Wellbeing in Asia: An Introduction
  • Part II: Family Structure
  • Chapter 2. Familial Exchange and Intergenerational Contact in East Asian Societies
  • Chapter 3. A New Era in Living Arrangements: Determinants of Quality of Life among Chinese Older Adults
  • Part III: Gender, Work and Culture
  • Chapter 4. Multiple Dimensions of Gender-Role Attitudes: Diverse Patterns Among Four East-Asian Societies
  • Chapter 5. Moral Beliefs About Filial Support, Work and Gender in Japan. A latent class Analysis
  • Chapter 6. Division of Housework in Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan
  • Chapter 7. Women's Greater Independence from Family? Change and Stability in the Social Determinants of Wives' Labor Force Exit in Taiwan
  • Part IV: Family and Work: Reconciliation, Wellbeing and Frustration
  • Chapter 8. Effect of Mothers' Nonstandard Work Hours on children's Well-being in Japan
  • Chapter 9. Men's Unpaid Domestic Work: A Critique of (Re)doing Gender in Contemporary Japan
  • Chapter 10. Strategies to Facilitate Work and Family Balance in the Nualjit Community of Bangkok.

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