COVER -- TITLE PAGE -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 About the FAMILIES project -- 1.2 The FAMILIES project in context -- 1.3 Structure of the book -- 1.4 Partners -- 1.5 Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 2. TRENDS AND ISSUES FOR WORK AND FAMILY LIFE -- 2.1 New work forms -- 2.1.1 Part-time work -- 2.1.2 Change in company structures -- 2.1.3 Change in location of work -- 2.1.4 Type of contract -- 2.1.5 Self employment -- 2.1.6 Retirement age -- 2.2 Families and their structure -- 2.3 Technology and new forms of work -- 2.3.1 Types of eWork -- 2.4 Families and new forms of work -- 2.4.1 Work intensification -- 2.4.2 Work-life balance -- 2.4.3 Teleworking as a means of reconciling work and family -- 2.4.4 Gender differences in relation to paid and unpaid work -- 2.4.5 Gender and telework -- 2.4.6 Gender and motivation to telework -- 2.4.7 Impact of teleworking on families -- 2.5 Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3. RESULTS FROM THE FAMILY SURVEY -- 3.1 The FAMILIES analytic framework -- 3.1.1 Family types -- 3.1.2 eWorking arrangements -- 3.1.3 Impact at the work-family interface -- 3.2 The FAMILY survey -- 3.3 Approach and methods -- 3.3.1 Sampling frame -- 3.4 Finding the sample -- 3.5 Methods -- 3.5.1 Process of undertaking the case studies -- 3.6 Sampling objectives and achievements -- 3.6.1 Family-types -- 3.6.2 Work-types -- 3.7 Other characteristics of the sample -- 3.8 The diversity of cases and reasons for eWorking -- 3.8.1 The variety of actual cases -- 3.8.2 Reasons for adoption -- 3.9 Results from the survey -- 3.10 Global views on the eWork arrangements -- 3.10.1 Overall satisfaction -- 3.10.2 Suitability for family needs -- 3.10.3 Sustainability -- 3.11 Work-related factors -- 3.12 Practical aspects of time and place -- 3.12.1 Commuting -- 3.12.2 Work-related visitors to the home -- 3.12.3 Home workspaces.

3.12.4 Boundary management in time and place -- 3.12.5 The variety of impacts of time and place -- 3.13 Psychosocial impacts -- 3.14 Distribution of costs and benefits -- 3.14.1 Overall winners and losers - Work or family? -- 3.14.2 Impact on (gendered) roles in relation to family work -- 3.14.3 Costs and benefits for the different stakeholders -- 3.15 Technology at the workfamily interface -- 3.15.1 Work-related technology in the home -- 3.15.2 Technology to help deal with family matters whilst working away from the home -- CHAPTER 4. WORK FAMILY SCENARIOS FOR THE eWORK ERA -- CHAPTER 5. EMERGENT ISSUES AND THEMES -- 5.1 The right place at the right time? - eWork's impacts on where and when work is done -- 5.2 Why do it? - Reasons for adoption of eWork -- 5.3 Different levels and types of impact -- 5.4 Winners and losers - Who or what benefits from eWork -- 5.5 Labour market and career issues - Down-shifting, up-shifting and self-employment -- 5.6 Dreams and realities - The advantages and disadvantages of working from home -- 5.7 The importance of reversibility - eWorking should not be life sentence -- 5.8 Neither here nor there, neither one thing nor the other - Managing the boundaries -- 5.9 The perceptions of others -- 5.10 Who's minding the children? - No substitute for childcare -- 5.11 Back to the future, back to the kitchen sink? - Sharing of household duties -- 5.12 Doing it (all) yourself - Lone parent families -- 5.13 Working and caring - Families with dependants who have special needs -- 5.14 Couples without children -- 5.15 Single people -- 5.16 The role of technology -- 5.17 Sharing ISTs between work and family - Conflict or synergy? -- 5.18 Techno-futures: technology at the work-family interface -- 5.19 Useful supports - What could facilitate the diffusion and sustainability of eWorking -- 5.20 The centrality of gender - As always!.

5.21 National variations -- 5.22 Conclusions -- CHAPTER 6. IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 6.1 About the recommendations -- 6.1.1 The policy space addressed by FAMILIES -- 6.2 Policy recommendations for action -- 6.3 Policy makers -- 6.3.1 Actions supporting reconciliation -- 6.3.2 Actions supporting quality of work and equal opportunities -- 6.3.3 Actions supporting RTD and Information Society Policies -- 6.4 Employers -- 6.4.1 Actions supporting reconciliation -- 6.4.2 Actions supporting quality of work -- 6.5 Trade unions -- 6.6 Citizens and Families organisations -- 6.7 RTD priorities for Europe's 6th Framework Programme -- 6.8 Proposal for new eWorking Statistical Indicators -- 6.8.1 Quantitative indicators -- 6.8.2 Qualitative indicators -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- APPENDIX 1: CASE STUDIES.