Data support Americans’ sense of accelerating ‘time warp’; balance between work and family elusive
While the U.S. work week, or hours spent working for pay by the average employee, has not significantly changed over the past 30 years, the demands of work and family are certainly colliding. According to research by sociologists, there is a growing split of the labor force into those squeezed by family and work time demands, usually at the top end of the pay scale, and those unable to find sufficient amounts of work, usually at the bottom of the pay scale. In addition, an ongoing transformation of family life also lies at the heart of the new time dilemmas facing an increasing number of Americans.
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Grohol, J. (2004). Data support Americans’ sense of accelerating ‘time warp’; balance between work and family elusive. Psych Central. Retrieved on February 14, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2004/11/22/data-support-americans-sense-of-accelerating-time-warp-balance-between-work-and-family-elusive/
