Intense globalization, rapidly changing workplaces and family patterns have renewed the international interest in quality of life. This book examines different institutional arrangements, work-place conditions and gendered work and care that affect the conditions for achieving quality of work and life in European countries.

Quality of Life and Work in a Changing Europe;  T.van der Lippe  & M.Bäck-Wiklund PART I: CONTEXT, THEORY AND METHODS Quality of Life and Work in a Changing Europe: A Theoretical Framework;  L.den Dulk, M.Bäck-Wiklund, S.Lewis  & D.Redai The Institutional Context of the Quality of Life; S.Kovacheva, A.van Doorne-Huiskes  & T.Anttila Data and Methods;  T.van der Lippe, S.Szucs, S.Drobni?  & L.Billquist PART II: EMPIRICAL RESULTS Quality of Work and Quality of Life of Service Sector Workers: Cross-national Variations in Eight European Countries;  P.Präg, M.das Dorres Guerreiro, J.Nätti, M.Brookes  & L.den Dulk Quality of Life and Satisfaction with the Work-life Balance;  S.Szücs, S.Drobni?, L.den Dulk  & R.Verwiebe Variations in Work-Life Balance Satisfaction Among Service Sector Employees;  B.Beham, D.Etherington  & E.Rodrigues   Competing Demands: Work and Child Well-Being;  L.Lane, T.van der Lippe, S.Kabaivanov & M.Bäck-Wiklund   Gender Differences in Quality of Life;  E.Fodor, L.Lane, J. Schippers  & T.van der Lippe PART III: POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND THE FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA Healthy Organizations;  S.Lewis, A.van Doorne-Huiskes, D.Redai  & M.Barroso Scenarios for the Quality of Life in the Europe of the Future;  M.das Dores Guerreiro, A.Mark, L.Billquist  & P.Manolova The Social Quality Instrument: Measuring the Social Quality of Work in European Workplaces;  S.Taipale, B.Beham  & J.Nätti Quality of ife and Work in a Changing Europe: Future Challenges;  A.van Doorne-Huiskes  & L.den Dulk Bibliography Index