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Growing Pains and Progress in the Study of Working Families

University of Cincinnati

Proliferate research on work and family has led to an ongoing concern about how best to conceptualize the complexity of the work-family nexus. This article focuses on how the volumes under review reflect three main themes designed to expand the boundaries of work-family research:(a) families house a diversity of interests, (b) families are culturally and economically variable, and (c) carework is inherently public work. The article suggests that attention to each of these themes—and to the third in particular—will contribute to a more complete conceptualization of how the institutions of work and families are interwoven.

Key Words: work • family • community

Work and Occupations, Vol. 30, No. 4, 479-493 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0730888403256498


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