Aligning perspectives in gender mainstreaming: gender, health, safety, and wellbeing

In: Aligning perspectives on health, safety and well-being

Abstract

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Chapter 1: Gender, Work, and Health: Some Introductory Thoughts -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Understanding Gender and its Relationship to Health -- 1.3 Gender and Occupational Health and Safety: Policy and Practice -- 1.4 Gender and the Labour Market and Employment Patterns -- 1.5 Gender, Work and Health -- 1.5.1 Work-Related Stress and Mental Health -- 1.5.2 Physical Health -- 1.6 Gender, Unpaid Domestic Labour and Duties, and Health -- 1.7 Gender Differences in Health: Different Exposure or Vulnerability? -- 1.7.1 Different Exposure or Vulnerability: The Evidence-Base -- 1.7.2 Limitations of the Two Theories -- 1.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Creating Inclusion to Leverage Workforce Diversity from a Work Characteristics Perspective -- 2.1 Inconclusive Effects of Workforce Diversity in Organisations -- 2.2 Antecedents of Individual Inclusion Experience -- 2.2.1 How Workforce Diversity Shapes the Work Environment -- 2.2.2 How Work Characteristics Influence the Experience of Inclusion -- 2.3 Consequences of Diversity and Inclusion for Employee Well-being and Performance -- 2.4 Feedback Loops: Influencing the Work Environment and Diversity through Healthy, Productive, and Highly Included Employees -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Work-Life Balance and Gender: Challenging Assumptions and Unravelling Complexity -- 3.1 Setting the Scene: The Changing Nature of Work and Domestic Roles -- 3.2 What Is Work-Life Balance? Different Meanings to Different People -- 3.3 `Balance´, Work and Gender: A Complex Interplay -- 3.3.1 Challenging Assumptions: Are Work-Life Balance Issues `Worse´ for Women? -- 3.3.2 Law, Policy, Work-Life Balance and Gender -- 3.4 Life-Course Perspectives on Work-Life Balance and Gender -- 3.5 Future Challenges for Investigating Work-Life Balance and Gender.