Harmonizing work, family, and personal life from policy to practice
Organizations can no longer afford to assume that the ideal employee is male, full-time, and free from responsibilities outside work. As the percentage of women in the active work population rises, and the number of dual-income families grows, there is an ever greater demand for more flexible patter...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2008.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009799133306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Describing different work-life policies, policy development, and pitfalls
- Strategic human resources and work-life balance / Paula Caligiuri and Nicole Givelekian
- Reviewing policies for harmonizing work, family and personal life / Steven Poelmans and Barbara Beham
- Integrating career development and work-family policy / Tammy Allen
- Work-life balance on global assignments / Paula Caligiuri and Mila Lazarova
- Case study 2005 - work-life, flexibility, and mobility: ensuring global support of flexibility within IBM's on-demand company / Joan Giue and Oana Petrescu
- Part II. Policy design, implementation, and deployment
- Stages in the implementation of work-life policies / Steven A. Y. Poelmans, Shilpa Patel and Barbara Beham
- Policy development across borders: a framework for work-life initiatives in multinational enterprises / Anne Bardoel and Helen DeCieri
- Part III. Cultural change
- Barriers to the implementation and usage of work-life policies / Cynthia Thompson
- How to become a family-responsible firm: proposing a model for cultural change / Steven A. Y. Poelmans and Olena Stepanova / Epilogue: flexibility and diversity in the twenty-first century - the responsibility of human potential managers / Steven A. Y. Poelmans and Aline Masuda.
