Harmonizing Work, Family, and Personal Life: From Policy to Practice
Cambridge University Press, 8/21/2008
EAN 9780521858694, ISBN10: 0521858690
Hardcover, 328 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
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 patterns of employment. Harmonizing Work, Family, and Personal Life examines the organizational challenges of introducing work-life policies and practices from both an individual and a managerial perspective. Drawing on a broad range of international case studies of companies where such policies have both succeeded and failed, it acts as a practical guide for policy design and implementation. Harmonizing Work, Family, and Personal Life will be essential reading for human resource practitioners, advanced students and academic researchers in the field of human resource management, organizational behavior, or career management.
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Introduction Steven Poelmans
Part I. Describing Different Work-Life Policies/Policy Development/Pitfalls
1. Strategic HR and work-life balance Paula Caligiuri and Nicole Givelekian
2. Reviewing policies for harmonizing work, family and personal life Steven Poelmans and Barbara Beham
3. Integrating career development and work-family policy Tammy Allen
4. Work-life balance on global assignments Paula Caligiuri and Mila Lazarova
5. IBM case Joan Giue and Oana Petrescu
Part II. Policy Design, Implementation, and Deployment
6. Stages in the implementation of work-family policies Steven A. Y. Poelmans, Shilpa Patel and Barbara Beham
7. Policy development across borders
a framework for work-life initiatives in multinational enterprises Anne Bardoel and Helen DeCieri
Annex
ACREW Key Performance Indicators (KPI) Checklist of Work/Life Best Practice
Part III. Cultural Change
8. Barriers to the planning, implementation and usage of work-life policies Cynthia Thompson
9. Proposing a model for cultural change Steven A. Y. Poelmans and Olena Stepanova
Epilogue
Social change Steven A. Y. Poelmans and Aline Masuda
Annex
List of Website references
Index.
Advance praise: 'Changing times call for changing paradigms. Harmonizing Work, Family, and Personal Life serves as a bridge to the future. Rather than seeing work versus family and personal lives - a concept that has held sway for several decades - this book strives for a both/and approach of 'harmonizing' our lives. And rather than research for researchers versus human resource practice for practitioners, this book unites theory, research, policy, and practice across borders and continents. As such, it offers a wealth of research-tested practical ideas that can benefit employees and employers alike.' Ellen Galinsky, President, Families and Work Institute, New York