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Profound transformations in the nature and organization of work are occurringworldwide with potentially far reaching social and economic consequences. Thechanging nature of global economic and social environments has led to a complexrelationship between work leisure social structure and quality of life whichpresent a challenging concern for researchers educators and policy makersalike.For some organizations flexibility of working practices are being coupled withpolicies for a balanced work and nonwork life sometimes in response to newattitudes values and aspirations of key workers but also to enhancecreativity improve company loyalty and reduce corporate health bills. Yetmany employees are experiencing long hours increasing workloads changing workpractices and job insecurity all of which can lead to problematic levels ofstress. At the same time major social differentiation exists with significantsections of society unable to obtain employment as well as significantvariations in health and quality of life.In The Future of Work and Leisure leading experts from a wide range ofdisciplines examine these issues by reviewing the primary areas of concernlinking each to the core practical and theoretical issues as well as theimplications of these for both future research and policy decisions. As aresult this text will be provide uptodate and wellbalanced coverage of thesekey issues and will prove a valuable resource to students of psychologysociology social policy business and leisure studies as well as to policymakers in both private and public organizations. «
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