Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Out of balance or just out of bounds? : analysing the relationship between work and life / Chris Warhurst, Doris Ruth Eikhof, and Axel Haunschild -- Work-life outcomes in Australia : concepts, outcomes and policy / Barbara Pocock, Natalie Skinner and Philippa Williams -- Work-life balance : three terms in search of a definition / John MacInnes -- The boundary problem in work-life balance studies : theorising the total responsibility burden / Paul Ransome -- On the edge of the time bind : time and market culture / Arlie Russell Hochschild -- What makes the home boundary porous? : the influence of work characteristics on the permeability of the home domain / Rozemarijn de Man, Jeanne de Bruijn and Sandra Groeneveld -- Work relations and the multiple dimensions of the work-life boundary : hairstyling at home / Rachel Lara Cohen -- Getting the job done : the impact of employees' conception of work on work-life balance / Anne Bøgh Fangel and Stinne Aaløkke -- Occupation matters--blurring work-life boundaries in mobile care and the media industry / Annette Henninger and Ulrike Papouschek -- Re-establishing boundaries in home-based telework / Camilla Kylin and Jan Ch. Karlsson -- Frustrated ambitions : the reality of balancing work and life for call centre employees / Jeff Hyman and Abigail Marks -- Recreational use or performance enhancing? : doping regulation and professional sport / Tilda Khoshaba.