Chapter 2
How We Study Work–Family Interactions
In this chapter, a psychologist, an economist, and a political scientist discuss their disciplinary perspectives on the many questions that pertain to work and family life.
METHODS, MODELS, AND MEASURES: PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO WORK–LIFE ISSUES
Diane F. Halpern
Psychologists view work–life issues through a psychology-colored lens. Although it is a fuzzy boundary that distinguishes the psychological approach to work–life issues from those used by our sister disciplines of sociology, anthropology, economics, history, political science, and human relations, I believe there are some systematic differences in how we study questions about the intersection of work and life and, perhaps more importantly, ...
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