Organizational work-life initiatives
Context matters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2172126 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ariane Ollier-Malaterre (0000-0003-2315-5091) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-178 |
| Publication date | 2009-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Community Work & Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1366-8803 • E-ISSN: 1469-3615 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13668800902778942 |
| OpenAlex | W1514535032 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 9 |
Why are organizational work–life initiatives endorsed in some countries such as the US or the UK, while they generate little interest in France and other non-Anglo-Saxon environments? In a qualitative theory-building approach, this paper assesses the gap in workplace practices adoption among the US, the UK, and France and analyzes in-depth interviews with 44 human resources (HR) officers, employee representatives, unions, and work–life service providers in France. Five main factors explain the adoption of organizational work–life initiatives in France and potentially other countries: (1) employer versus State legitimacy in the nonwork sphere of life, (2) industrial relations and unions' stance toward work–life practices, (3) the complexity of the legal framework, (4) the awareness of work–life issues within HR departments, and (5) the framing of work–life as a business or a social issue. With reference to prior research, a model is built to account for the influence of the national context on employees' expectations and employers' leeway at the macrolevel, and for strategic choices made by employers at the mesolevel
Business · Context (archaeology · Framing (construction · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Labor Movements and Unions · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Workaholism, burnout, and well-being · Law
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Veranderingen in overwegingen van topmanagers over werk-privébeleid tijdens de economische crisis
National-Level Family Policies and workers’ Access to Schedule Control in a European Comparative Perspective
A Comparison of the Interplay of Public and Occupational Work‒Family Policies in Austria, Denmark, Italy and the United Kingdom
Self-efficacy mediation of spiritual well-being and work-family balance
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A business case or social responsibility? How top managers’ support for work-life arrangements relates to the national context
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Flexible Small Firms? Why Some Small Firms Facilitate the Use of FWPs
Contributions of work—life and resilience initiatives to the individual/organization relationship
L'implication des entreprises dans l'articulation emploi-famille
De la conciliation à la resilience
Trade union involvement in work-family life balance
LGBT voices in work-life
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Dutch top managers and work-life arrangements in times of economic crisis
You care for your work; I'll care for your family
European top managers' support for work-life arrangements
A Cross-National Study on the Antecedents of Work-Life Balance from the Fit and Balance Perspective
| Citations per year | 1.31 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |