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CHRIS WARHURST is Professor of Labour Studies and Director of the Scottish Centre for Employment Research at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK. His teaching, research and writing focus on work, employment and organization issues in the international economy.

DORIS RUTH EIKHOF is Lecturer in Organization Studies at the Department of Management and Organization, University of Stirling, UK, and Research Associate at the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Austria.

AXEL HAUNSCHILD is Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at the School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is also Guest Professor of Human Resource Management at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

The relationship between work and life has become a key feature of much current government, practitioner and academic debate. In Work Less, Live More?, the authors respond to recent developments that challenge the work-life boundary, these developments include changing locations of work, new forms of work and work intensification.

1 Out of balance or just out of bounds? Analysing the relationship between work and life Chris Warhurst Warhurst, Chris Doris Ruth Eikhof Eikhof, Doris Ruth Axel Haunschild Haunschild, Axel

2 Work-life outcomes in Australia: concepts, outcomes and policy Barbara Pocock Pocock, Barbara Natalie Skinner Skinner, Natalie Philippa Williams Williams, Philippa

3 Work-life balance: three terms in search of a definition John MacInnes MacInnes, John

4 The boundary problem in work-life balance studies: theorising the total responsibility burden Paul Ransome Ransome, Paul

5 On the edge of the time bind: time and market culture Arlie Russell Hochschild Hochschild, Arlie Russell

6 What makes the home boundary porous? The influence of work characteristics on the permeability of the home domain Rozemarijn de Man de Man, Rozemarijn Jeanne de Bruijn de Bruijn, Jeanne Sandra Groeneveld Groeneveld, Sandra

7 Work-relations and the multiple dimensions of the work-life boundary: hairstyling at home Rachel Lara Cohen Cohen, Rachel Lara

8 Getting the job done: the impact of employees' conception of work on work-life balance Anne Bogh Fangel Fangel, Anne Bogh Stinne Aalokke Aalokke, Stinne

9 Occupation maters - blurring work-life boundaries in mobile care and the media industry Annette Henninger Henninger, Annette Ulrike Papouschek Papouschek, Ulrike

10 Re-establishing boundaries in home-based telework Camilla Kylin Kylin, Camilla Jan Ch. Karlsson Karlsson, Jan Ch.

11 Frustrated ambitions: the reality of balancing work and life for call centre employees Jeff Hyman Hyman, Jeff Abigail Marks Marks, Abigail