The Economy That Never Sleeps. Harriet B. Presser.
by Presser, Harriet B; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 54Business. Publisher: Contexts, 2004ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Child care | Children of working parents | Dual-career families | Parent and child | Shift systems | Sleep deprivation | Stress (Psychology) | Work and familyDDC classification: 050 Summary: Forty percent of the American labor force works mostly during nonstandard times--in the evenings, overnight, on rotating or variable shifts, or on weekends. These schedules challenge American families, particularly those with children. Research suggests that such schedules undermine the stability of marriages, increase the amount of housework to be done, reduce family cohesiveness, and require elaborate child-care arrangements." (CONTEXTS) This article discusses the impact a nonstandard work schedule has on families and relationships.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Economy That Never Sleeps, Spring 2004; pp. 42-49.
Forty percent of the American labor force works mostly during nonstandard times--in the evenings, overnight, on rotating or variable shifts, or on weekends. These schedules challenge American families, particularly those with children. Research suggests that such schedules undermine the stability of marriages, increase the amount of housework to be done, reduce family cohesiveness, and require elaborate child-care arrangements." (CONTEXTS) This article discusses the impact a nonstandard work schedule has on families and relationships.
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