Description
Work/life expert Robert Drago constructs a unique vision of the meaning of balance, unmasking the real reasons most Americans lead unbalanced lives.  Sifting through the vast body of relevant research fro ma range of academic disciplines, including new findings from the author’s own studies, Striking a Balance: Work, Family, Life examines the deeply held but unexamined beliefs about work, womanhood, and society that are responsible for our out-of-balance lives.  In this optimistic final chapter, Drago calls on us to challenge those beliefs and provides a roadmap for change.  If we take this path, we will not only improve life valance but also address the nearly one-fifth of our population who require but do not receive adequate care, the “new gender gap” between women who care for others and women who succeed in high-powered careers, and even the rise in income inequality.

Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 1878585622
ISBN-13: 9781878585622
Format: Hardcover, 182pp
Publisher: Dollars & Sense
Pub date: 2007

Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1.     Life Out of Balance
The Three Gaps
The Three Norms
Pitfalls…
…and Possibilities
Striking a Balance
2. Work and Other Tales of Meaning
What Is Work?
All in the Family?
Where Is Life?
3. The Care Gap
Sizing Up the Care Gap
The Shared Care Solution
4. The New Gender Gap (with Amy Pirretti)
Those Who Succeed…
…and Those Who Care
Bias Avoidance among Faculty
Delayed Childbearing
5. The Income Gap
Norms and Inequality
Why Norms Changed
Norms and the Income Gap
Faces Filling Places
6. Norms Made Me Do It
Elementary School Teachers
Part Time Professional Careers
On-Site Child Care
Bias Avoidance Revisited
7. A Balanced Life for All
The Tools of Balance: Inclusion
The Foundation of Balance: Economic Supports
Moving Towards Balance
References
Appendices
Index
About the Author

Book author
Robert Drago is a Professor of Labor Studies and Women’s studies at Penn State University and a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne.  The author of over 70 articles and 4 books, he helped to found takecarenet.org and the workfam newsgroup.

Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
1000 Professional skills
1010 Career planning, job search, goal setting
1070 Leadership, critical and strategic thinking
1110 Risk taking
1120 Time and stress management, life balance