Working women in the sandwich generation : theories, tools and recommendations for supporting women's working lives / authored by Mervi Rajahonka (South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, Finland), Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha (Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland), Miet Timmers (Odisee University of Applied Sciences, Belgium), Urszula Załuska (Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland), Kaija Villman (South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, Finland), Veerle Lengeler (Emino, Belgium), and Tim Gielens (Odisee University of Applied Sciences, Belgium).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Mervi Rajahonka, Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha, Miet Timmers, Urszula Zaluska, and Kaija Villman -- Part a. Theories -- Chapter1. How do they manage? Coping strategies of the working sandwich generation in flanders / Miet Timmers and Veerle Lengeler -- Chapter 2. 45+ Polish women at home and in the labour markets / Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha and Urszula Zaluska -- Chapter 3. Sandwich generation women in search for meaningful work and life / Mervi Rajahonka and Kaija Villman -- Part b. Tools and cases -- Chapter 4. Family supportive supervisors behaviour for the sandwich generation: Considerations for training practice / Miet Timmers and Tim Gielens -- Chapter 5. Tools developed in and lessons learned from the time4help project in Poland / Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha and Urszula Zaluska -- Chapter 6. Cases and lessons learned from the 'time4help' project in Finland / Kaija Villman and Mervi Rajahonka -- Part c. International comparative research -- Chapter 7. Sandwich generation in the workplace - international comparative research / Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha and Urszula Zaluska -- Part d. Conclusion -- Chapter 8. Discussion, conclusion and recommendations / Mervi Rajahonka, Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha, Miet Timmers, Urszula Zaluska, and Kaija Villman.

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Women more often than men take care of their ageing relatives together with their own children or grandchildren. These Sandwich Generation (SG) women constitute an expanding vulnerable group on the labour market at higher risk of discrimination, work-family conflict, burnout, and withdrawal from the labour market and unemployment. Working Women in the Sandwich Generation helps present a clearer view of how to support this group both now and in the future. Beginning with a presentation of quantitative and qualitative research that sheds light on the SG situation in Poland, Finland and Flanders, this volume provides insights into various components from the SG life domains such as personal development and learning, connection to the labour market, coping strategies, resources, and energy drainers. In the second part the book provides tools for SG women, their supervisors, educators, and coaches to help manage challenging situations and improving wellbeing at work. Working Women in the Sandwich Generation then introduces the results of international comparative research the purpose of which was to identify and characterise the SG in five European countries before concluding with recommendations for supervisors and policy makers in supporting SG women.

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