Book contents
- The Balanced Life
- The Balanced Life
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Part I Introduction
- 1 Life Balance
- 2 The Imbalanced Life
- Part II Interdomain Strategies to Increase Overall Life Satisfaction and Achieve Balance
- Part III Interdomain Strategies to Increase Domain Satisfaction and Achieve Balance
- Part IV Epilogue
- References
- Index
1 - Life Balance
Setting the Stage and Understanding the Language
from Part I - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2022
- The Balanced Life
- The Balanced Life
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Part I Introduction
- 1 Life Balance
- 2 The Imbalanced Life
- Part II Interdomain Strategies to Increase Overall Life Satisfaction and Achieve Balance
- Part III Interdomain Strategies to Increase Domain Satisfaction and Achieve Balance
- Part IV Epilogue
- References
- Index
Summary
The chapter covers the history of the work-life balance movement – how industrialization and division of labor along gender lines reinforced segregation between work life and family life. To set the stage to understand the psychology of life balance, the chapter also introduces basic concepts of wellbeing.
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- The Balanced LifeUsing Strategies from Behavioral Science to Enhance Wellbeing, pp. 5 - 16Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022