Blending work and family: A case study

Authors
Sprang, G Secret, M Bradford, J
Citation
G. Sprang et al., Blending work and family: A case study, AFFILIA J W, 14(1), 1999, pp. 98-116
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Social Work & Social Policy
Journal title
AFFILIA-JOURNAL OF WOMEN AND SOCIAL WORK
ISSN journal
08861099 → ACNP
Volume
14
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
98 - 116
Database
ISI
SICI code
0886-1099(199921)14:1<98:BWAFAC>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
This article describes an employer-based infant-care program that is a uniq ue response to the needs of working parents. This parenting-at-work option allows mothers to blend the often-competing demands of work and family and provides high-quality child care to their infants in the workplace. The art icle also examines the impact of this program on the mothers, the infants, and the workplace.