Overview
- Includes comparative investigations into changing patterns of familial relationships in Asia
- Draws upon mixed methodical approaches to family, work and quality of life studies
- Highlights diversities among genders and age groups with regard to their respective family and work situations
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Quality of Life in Asia (QLAS, volume 9)
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Table of contents(10 chapters)
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Introduction
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Gender, Work and Culture
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Family and Work: Reconciliation, Wellbeing and Frustration
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Ming-Chang Tsai
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Department of Sociology, National Taipei University, Taipei, Taiwan
Wan-chi Chen
About the editors
Wan-Chi Chen is Professor of Sociology at National Taipei University, Taiwan. She is currently the Director of Research Center for Taiwan Development, National Taipei University. Her research areas include education, family, gender and work, with a particular interest in the causes and consequences of individual educational outcomes and how East Asian educational systems work. Her recent works include a number of journal articles on divorce, family relationships, high school tracking in Taiwan, and also the use of social media in social movements.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Family, Work and Wellbeing in Asia
Editors: Ming-Chang Tsai, Wan-chi Chen
Series Title: Quality of Life in Asia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4313-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-4312-3Published: 19 April 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5103-7Published: 12 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-4313-0Published: 08 April 2017
Series ISSN: 2211-0550
Series E-ISSN: 2211-0569
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 213
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quality of Life Research, Public Policy, Asian Culture, Community and Environmental Psychology, Children, Youth and Family Policy, Demography