As "time poverty" spreads in the globalized economy, the competing demands of family and workplace have attracted the attention of international social scientists. Lippe (sociology, Utrecht U.)
and Peters (strategic human resource management, Radboud U. Nijmegen, The Netherlands), part of a research team represented at a workshop at Lippe's campus in 2004, introduce 15 chapters by
multidisciplinary scholars analyzing labor market trends and data on organizational, gender, and cultural factors influencing how successfully people juggle growing job and parenting
expectations. A study of California workers contributes to the debate on whether telecommuting saves time. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
