Work-life ‘Blance’ in Australia : The State of Play (特別寄稿「国際ワークショップ環太平洋圏におけるワーク・ライフバランス」 )

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"This paper considers some conceptual issues around ‘work-life’ analysis (especially ‘work/care regimes’ and ‘work/care chains’ before reviewing some empirical outcomes of existing arrangements for Australian workers, along with their households.The paper explores factors that underpin work-life outcomes and, building on empirical findings, offers a model depicting some of the key contributors to worklife outcomes. I argue that an ethic of care needs to accompany Australia’s well developed ethic of work, and that new arrangements are necessary to govern their simultaneous realisation in Australia if negative interaction between the spheres of work and the rest of life are to be minimised. The paper is in three parts: first a discussion of the conceptualisation of work and life issues; secondly the state of work and life in Australia; and thirdly some brief reflections on policy implications. The paper draws on the 2007 Australian Work and Life Index (AWALI) (Pocock et al. 2007a). I acknowledge the contributions of my colleagues Dr Natalie Skinner and Dr Philippa Williams to the paper."
2009-03-26