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Título Revista
Social Science Research
Ano (publicação definitiva)
2017
Língua
Inglês
País
Estados Unidos da América
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Abstract/Resumo
Top managers defined as CEOs, CFOs and members of boards of directorsddecide to what degree their organization offers employees work-life arrangements. This study focuses on the conditions under which they support such arrangements. A factorial survey of 202 top managers in five European countries was conducted in 2012. The analyses are based on 1212 vignettes. Implications are drawn from an integrated framework of neo-institutional theory, business case argumentation and the managerial interpretation approach. The results show that top managers simultaneously consider multiple conditions in deciding upon their support for work-life arrangements (i.e., the costs involved, the return in terms of employee commitment, and the type of arrangement, specifically having a preference for flextime and telecommuting over leave policies and part time hours). Additionally, they favor work-life arrangements designed for all employees above work-life arrangements granted to specific employees. How top managers weigh certain conditions depends on the organizational and national contexts. Their personal characteristics, however, do not seem to explain their support for work-life arrangements.
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Palavras-chave
Manager,Suport,Work-life arrangements
Classificação Fields of Science and Technology
- Sociologia - Ciências Sociais
Registos de financiamentos
Referência de financiamento | Entidade Financiadora |
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461-04-780 | Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research |
UID/SOC/03126/2013 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |