Work-life balance. Is it now a problem for management?

Autor/inn/en	Todd, Patricia; Binns, Jennifer
Titel	Work-life balance. Is it now a problem for management? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Work-life-balance. Ist es ein Problem für das Management?
Quelle	In: Gender, work & organization, 20 (2013) 3, S. 219-231 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0968-6673; 1468-0432
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-0432.2011.00564.x
Schlagwörter	Familie; Elternzeit; Leben; Arbeitszeitflexibilität; Staatlicher Sektor; Gleichgewicht; Management; Personalpolitik; Arbeit; Beruf; Teilzeitbeschäftigung; Telearbeit; Bildungsurlaub; Arbeitsorganisation; Freistellung; Öffentlicher Dienst; Führungskraft; Australien
Abstract	"In Western Australia (WA) there is substantial interest by public sector management in work - life balance (WLB) as a strategy to address labour supply problems. This article considers whether the positioning of WLB as a problem for management provides the opportunity for change resulting in an improved quality of working life in the public sector. We report on the implementation of WLB policies in four WA public sector agencies and conclude that managers are 'managing' WLB in a limited way, and largely in an individualized manner, at a level that does not disrupt the usual way of organizing work and employment. For many managers, employees' requests to access WLB policies are perceived as being in conflict with operational goals. The findings highlight the inadequacy of much of the WLB discourse that obscures the tension between, on the one hand, the imperative for managers to implement WLB more effectively and, on the other, organizational practices and the broader social, political and economic context in which management and the organization are located." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Forschungsmethode: empirisch; Fallstudie; Befragung. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2006 bis 2008.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/1