Ways of Living Work, Community and Lifestyle Choice

A new look at the ways in which individual decisions are shaped by the different social contexts in which individuals are located - their communities and workplaces. This book examines the influence of different types of social networks on individual choices and the ways in which patterns of paid work shapes people's broader lives.

PAUL BLYTON is Professor of Industrial Relations and Industrial Sociology at Cardiff Business School, and a Research Associate in the ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS) at Cardiff University, UK.
 
BETSY BLUNSDON is a Senior Lecturer in Management at Deakin University, Victoria, Australia and member of the Australian Survey Research Infrastructure Network (ASRIN). Her main research interests include understanding how significant others (family, friends, neighbours) influence lifestyle decisions; issues around sustainability and lifestyle; understanding social and workplace trust and institutional level confidence; and the impact of organizational change on the individual experience of work, family and community. Her publications include work on organizational flexibility, work-family integration, employee-management trust and whether or not confidence in institutions has collapsed in Australia since the 1980s. She also has specialist expertise in methodological issues in survey research in Australia.

KEN REED is Associate Professor at Deakin University and Co-director of the Australian Survey Research Infrastructure Network (ASRIN), Australia. He is also currently Chair of the Australian Consortium of Social and Political Research Inc (ACSPRI) a consortium of universities and government agencies whose objective is to advance social science methodology in Australia. His main areas of research are in organizational theory and the sociology of work. His current research focuses on the issue of how people make choices about lifestyle, and the roles that societal institutions and social networks play in shaping those choices.
 
ALI DASTMALCHIAN is Professor of Organizational Analysis and Dean of the Faculty of Business, University of Victoria, Canada. His work has appeared in journals such as the British Journal of Industrial Relations, Industrial and Labor Relations Review and Human Relations.