@misc { , title = {Work-life balance and class: in search of working class work-lives}, abstract = {If we think about the sort of person who is working hard to achieve a balance between their family, personal and working lives, what type of character tends to spring to mind? Might it be a working mum negotiating the demands of child-care and running a home with those of a paid job? Certainly, any quick perusal of Internet images using ‘work-life balance’ (WLB) as a search term throws up multiple familiar visuals of ‘working mothers’. These women are often depicted with babies or young children, sometimes juggling, whilst dressed in smart offi ce wear. There is invariably a laptop computer in the mix. What about men and their work-lives? Well, if we add ‘men’ into our work-life search terms, then babies, and laptops and smart suits, again jump from the (fewer) available images. These prevalent depictions of WLB tellingly suggest that WLB is largely a matter for and a topic about women with children, who work in white-collar jobs, and for their male white-collar colleagues, albeit to a lesser degree.}, doi = {10.4324/9781315683263}, isbn = {9781138926448}, pages = {112-130}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {Routledge}, url = {https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/809825}, year = {2016}, author = {Warren, Tracey} editor = {Lewis, Suzan and Anderson, Deirdre and Lyonette, Clare and Payne, Nicola and Wood, Stephen} }