Conflict between work and family has been a topic of discussion since the beginning of the women's movement, but recent changes in family structures and workforce demographics have made it clear that the issues impact both women and men. While employers and policymakers struggle to navigate this new terrain, critics charge that the research sector, too, has been slow to respond.

Gender and the Work-Family Experience puts multiple faces male as well as female on complex realities with interdisciplinary and cross-cultural awareness and research-based insight. Besides reviewing the state of gender roles as they affect home and career, this in-depth reference examines and compares how women and men experience work-family conflict and its consequences for relationships at home as well as outcomes on the job. Topics as wide-ranging as gendered occupations, gender and shiftwork, heteronormative assumptions, the myth of the ideal worker, and gendered aspects of work-familyguilt reflect significant changes in society and reveal important implications for both research and policy. Also included in the coverage:

Gender ideology and work-family plans of the next generationGender, poverty, and the work-family interfaceThe double jeopardy effect: the importance of genderand race in work-family researchWhen work intrudes upon employees personal time: does gender matter?Work-family equality: the importance of a level playing field at homeWomen in STEM: family-related challenges and initiativesFamily-friendly organizational policies, practices, and benefits through the gender lens

Geared toward work-family and gender researchers as well as students and educators in a variety of fields,Gender and the Work-Family Experience will find interested readers in the fields of industrial and organizational psychology, business management, social psychology, sociology, gender studies, womens studies, and public policy, among others..

Dr. Maura Mills, Ph.D., is as Assistant Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, as well as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University. Her research interests include the work-family/work-life interface, gender in the workplace, and positive organizational behavior and scholarship. Her research has appeared in a variety of notable outlets including Gender in Management: An International Journal, Human Relations, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology and Diversity Executive, among others.

Part I: Societal Influences& Entrenchment: Gender Ideology and Work-Family Plans of the Next Generation.- Beyond the Ideal Worker: Including Men in Work-Family Discussions.- Gender, Poverty, and the Work-Family Interface.- Exploring the Double Jeopardy Effect: The Importance of Genderand Race in Work-Family Research.- Challenging Heteronormative and Gendered Assumptions in Work-Family Research: An Examination of LGB Identity-Based Work-Family Conflict.- Gender, Gender Role Ideology, and the Work-Family Interface: A Cross-Cultural Analysis.- Part II: Considerations from the Homefront: Feeling Work at Home: A Transactional Model of Women and Mens Negative Affective Spillover from Work to Family.- The Intersection of Gender and Work-Family Guilt.- Gender, Accuracy about Partners Work-Family Conflict, and Relationship Quality.- Work-Family Equality: The Importance of a Level Playing Field at Home.- On-Demand: When Work Intrudes upon Employees Personal Time Does Gender Matter?.- Part III: Career and Organizational Considerations: Family-Friendly Organizational Policies, Practices, and Benefits through the Gender Lens.- Shiftwork as Gendered and its Impact on Work-Family Balance.- Gender Roles in a Masculine Occupation: Military Men and Womens Differential Negotiation of the Work-Family Interface.- Women in STEM: Family-Related Challenges and Initiatives.- Examining the Work-Family Experience of Female Workaholics.- Family Life on the Fast-Track? Gender and Work-Family Trade-offs among Highly Educated Professionals: A Cross-Cultural Exploration.