ISBN:
9781137006004
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1137006005
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9781137005991
Language:
English
Pages:
392 S.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Online-Ressource Palgrave connect. Business & management collection Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Expanding the Boundaries of Work-Family Research : A Vision for the Future
DDC:
306.36072
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
With contributions from thirty authors from fifteen countries, this is a 'white book' for international work-family research and practice. The authors offer a bold look at the future and provide guidelines for future research, focusing on applied, international work-family research, Offering a bold look at the future, this volume is a 'white book' for international work-family research and practice. It provides guidelines for future research, focusing on applied, international work-family research, with special attention to the cross-cultural dimension. With vision chapters written by thought leaders in the field, it is a source of inspiration for human resource, diversity and talent managers who want to know about the latest trends in work-life research including flexible work-life policies, culture development, work-family decision-making and coping, talent management, and supporting expatriates' families. A total of 30 authors from 15 countries contributed to this reference work, giving it a much needed international outlook
Abstract:
Electronic book text. - Epublication based on: 9781137005991
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List of Tables List of Figures PREFACE Nuria Chinchilla (IESE Business School) PREFACE Lotte Bailyn (Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors INTRODUCTION Steven A.Y. Poelmans, Jeffrey H. Greenhaus & Mireia Las Heras PART I: WORK-LIFE POLICIES AND FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS IN ORGANIZATIONS Work-Family Policies: Linking National Contexts, Organizational Practice and People for Multi-level Change. Ellen Ernst Kossek & Ariane Ollier-Malaterre Do Work-Family Policies Really 'Work'? Evidence from Indian Call Centres Sweta Rajan-Rankin & Mark Tomlinson PART II: WORK-LIFE CULTURE AND PRACTICES IN ORGANIZATIONS Deconstructing 'Family' 'Supportive' 'Cultures': A Vision for the Future Susan Lewis & Sweta Rajan-Rankin Organisational Subcultures and Family Supportive Culture in a Spanish Organization. Olena Stepanova PART III: Personal and professional careers and talent management Work-Family Research and Practice: What if the Whole Person Mattered? Elana Feldman & Douglas T. Hall Effects of Gender and Family on Earnings and Career Paths: A Cross-Cultural Study of Europe, the United States and Japan Nini Yang PART IV: Decision-making in a work-life context The Present and Future of Work-Family Decision-Making Steven Poelmans, Jeffrey Greenhaus & Olena Stepanova Sex, Gender, and Decisions at the Family-Work Interface. Gary Powell & Jeffrey Greenhaus PART V: Coping and strategies for harmonizing work and life New Directions in Work-Family Coping Research Debra A. Major, Heather M. Lauzun & Meghan P. Jones Fairly Flexible: Preventing Perceptions of Unfairness in Enactment of Workplace Flexibility Spela Trefalt PART VI: Work-life facilitation and enrichment Issues in the Development of Research on Interrole Enrichment Eva Demerouti, Ines Martinez Corts & Marina Boz The Impact of Coworkers on Work-to-Family Enrichment and Organizational Outcomes Karen Korabik & Melissa Warner PART VII: SPECIAL SE
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Part I: Work-Life Policies and Flexible Work Arrangements in Organizations; 1 Work-Life Policies: Linking National Contexts, Organizational Practice and People for Multi-level Change; 2 Do Work-Family Policies Really "Work"? Evidence from Indian Call Centres; Part II: Work-Life Culture and Practices in Organizations; 3 Deconstructing "Family Supportive Cultures": A Vision for the Future; 4 Organizational Subcultures and Family Supportive Culture in a Spanish Organization
Description / Table of Contents:
Part III: Personal and Professional Careers and Talent Management5 Work-Family Research and Practice: What if the Whole Person Mattered?; 6 Effects of Gender and Family on Earnings and Career Paths: A Cross-Cultural Study of Europe, the USA and Japan; Part IV: Decision Making in a Work-Life Context; 7 The Present and Future of Work-Family Decision Making; 8 Sex, Gender, and Decisions at the Family-Work Interface; Part V: Coping and Strategies for Harmonizing Work and Life; 9 New Directions in Work-Family Coping Research
Description / Table of Contents:
10 Fairly Flexible: Preventing Perceptions of Unfairness in Enactment of Workplace FlexibilityPart VI: Work-Life Facilitation and Enrichment; 11 Issues in the Development of Research on Inter-role Enrichment; 12 The Impact of Co-workers on Work-to-Family Enrichment and Organizational Outcomes; Part VII: Special Section; 13 Times are Changing: Gender and Generation at Work and at Home in the USA; 14 Elucidating the Positive Side of the Work-Family Interface on International Assignments: A Model of Expatriate Work and Family Performance
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15 Some Future Directions for Work-Family Research in a Global WorldIndex
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Description based upon print version of record
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1057/9781137006004
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