Home-Based Employment and Family LifeRamona Z. Heck, Alma J. Owen, Barbara R. Rowe Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 1995 M04 25 - 296 pages This book is about families who combine home life and income-producing work under the same roof. Based on 899 homeworking households in nine states, the analysis presents detailed information about individual worker and household characteristics; work characteristics for both business owners and wage workers; family functioning types; management behavior; and adjustment strategies used in family life, the community context, and the home-based employment experience over an extended period of time. This is the first publication of a serious longitudinal study of the phenomenon of working from home with historical considerations of how and why so many people are choosing this option. It points to the significantly positive impact at-home workers are having on their families, their neighborhoods, and their communities. |
Contents
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Chapter 2 The Changing Environment of Work | 15 |
Chapter 3 The Workers at Work at Home | 41 |
Chapter 4 The Hidden Hum of the HomeBased Business | 75 |
Chapter 5 Homeworking Families and How They Make It Work | 107 |
Chapter 6 The Community Connection | 135 |
Chapter 7 Three Years Later | 167 |
Chapter 8 What We Know and Do Not Know about the Home and the Work and the Implications of Both | 193 |
Appendix A Research Methods Including Sample Design and Questionnaire Development | 229 |
Appendix B Annotated Bibliography from the NineState Study | 241 |
References | 251 |
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About the Contributors | 273 |
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Home-Based Employment and Family Life Ramona K. Z. Heck,Alma J. Owen,Barbara R. Rowe No preview available - 1995 |
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