Barriers to the implementation and usage of work–life policies

Harmonizing Work, Family, and Personal Life: From Policy to Practice

Volumn 9780521858694, Issue , 2008, Pages 209-234

  Thompson, Cynthia A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927038621     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511488498.009     Document Type: Chapter

References (49)

1. Allen, T. (2001). Family-supportive work environments: The role of organizational perceptions. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 58, 414-435.
2. Allen, T. D. & Russell, J. E. A. (1999). Parental leave of absence: Some not so family friendly implications. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 166-191.
3. Badal, J. (2006). To retain valued women employees, companies pitch flextime as macho. The Wall Street Journal Online, p. B1, December.
4. Bailyn, L. (1993). Breaking the Mold: Women, Men, and Time in the New Corporate World. New York: Free Press.
5. Bailyn, L. & Fletcher, J. K. (1997). Unexpected connections: Considering employees' personal lives can revitalize your business. SloanManagement Review, 38, 11-19.
6. Blair-Loy, M.&Wharton, A. (2002). Employees' use of work-family policies and the workplace social context. Social Forces, 80(3), 813-845.
7. Bond, J. T., Galinsky, E.,&Swanberg, J. E. (1998). The 1997 National Study of the Changing Workforce (Vol. 2). New York: Families and Work Institute.
8. Bond, J. T., Thompson, C. A., Galinsky, E.,&Prottas, D. (2003). Highlights of the 2002 National Study of the Changing Workforce. New York: Families and Work Institute.
9. Brewer, A. M. (2000). Work design for flexible work scheduling: Barriers and gender implications. Gender, Work and Organization, 7, 33-44.
10. Chinchilla, N., Poelmans, S., Leon, C. & Tarres, J. (2004). Guıá de buenas prácticas de la empresa flexible. Hacia la conciliación de la vida laboral, familiar y personal. www.iese.edu/icwf.
11. Cleveland, J. (2005). What is success? Who defines it? Perspectives on the criterion problem as it relates to work and family. In E. E. Kossek & S. Lambert (eds), Work and Life Integration: Organizational, Cultural, and Individual Perspectives (pp. 319-346). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
12. Corporate Voices for Working Families (2005). Business Impacts of Flexibility: An Imperative for Expansion. Washington, DC: Corporate Voices for Working Families.
13. Eby, L. T., Casper, W. J., Lockwood, A., Bordeaux, C.,&Brinley, A. (2004). Work and family research in IO/OB: Content analysis and review of the literature (1980-2002). Journal of Vocational Behavior, 66(1), 124-197.
14. Eisenberger, R. Armeli, S., Rexwinkel, B., Lynch, P. D., & Rhoades, L. (2001). Reciprocation of perceived organizational support. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 42-51.
15. Ertel, M. & Pech, E. (2006). Success factors of teleworking in the public sector. Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Occupational Stress and Health, Miami, Florida, March.
16. Frankel, M. (1998). Creating the family-friendly workplace: Barriers and solutions. In S. Klarreich (ed.), Handbook of Organizational Health Psychology: Programs to Make the Workplace Healthier. Madison, CT: Psychosocial Press.
17. Friedman, S., Thompson, C., Carpenter, M., & Marcel, D. (2001). Proving Leo Durocher wrong: Driving work/life change at Ernst & Young. A Wharton Work/Life Integration Project (http://wfnetwork.bc.edu/template.php?name¼casestudy_wharton).
18. Haas, L., Allard, K., & Hwang, P. (2002). The impact of organizational culture on men's use of parental leave in Sweden. Community, Work and Family, 5, 319-342.
19. Haines, V. Y., St-Onge, S., & Archambault, M. (2002). Environmental and personal antecedents of telecommuting outcomes. Journal of End User Computing, 14, 32-50.
20. Hyman, J. & Summes, J. (2004). Lacking balance? Work-life employment practices in the modern economy. Personnel Review, 33, 418-428.
21. Kofodimos, J. R. (1995). Beyond Work-Family Programs: Confronting and Resolving the Underlying Causes of Work-Personal Life Conflict. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership.
22. Konrad, A. M. & Mangel, R. (2000). The impact of work-life programs on firm productivity. Strategic Management Journal, 21, 1225-1237.
23. Kruger, P. (2000). Jobs for life. Fast Company, May, p. 236.
24. Lapierre, L. M. & Allen, T. D. (2006). Work-supportive family, familysupportive supervision, use of organizational benefits, and problemfocused coping: Implications for work-family conflict and employee well-being. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 11, 169-181.
25. Lewis, S. (1997). "Family-friendly" employment policies: A route to changing organizational culture or playing around at the margins? Gender, Work & Organisation, 4, 13-23.
26. Lewis, S. (2001). Restructuring workplace cultures: The ultimate work- family challenge? Women in Management Review, 16, 21-29.
27. Lewis, S. & Cooper, C. (2005). Work-life Integration: Case Studies of Organizational Change. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
28. McDonald, P., Brown, K., & Bradley, L. (2005). Explanations for the provision-utilization gap in work-life policy. Women in Management Review, 20, 37-55.
29. Munck, B. (2001). Changing a culture of face time. Harvard Business Review.
30. Nord, W. R., S. Fox, A. Phoenix,&K. Viano (2002). Real-world reactions to work-life balance programs: Lessons for effective implementation. Organizational Dynamics, 30, 223-238.
31. Parker, L. & Allen, T. D. (2001). Work/family benefits: Variables related to employees' fairness perceptions. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 58, 453-468.
32. Perlow, L. A. (1997). Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families can Benefit from New Work Practices. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
33. Perry-Smith, J. E. & Blum, T. C. (2000). Work-family human resource bundles and perceived organizational performance. Academy of Management Journal, 43, 1107-1117.
34. Pleck, J. H. (1993). Are "family-supportive" employer policies relevant to men? In J. C. Hood (ed.), Men, Work, and Family (pp. 217-237). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
35. Poelmans, S., Chinchilla, M. N., & Cardona, P. (2003). The adoption of family-friendly HRM policies. International Journal of Manpower, 24, 128-147.
36. Poelmans, S. & Sahibzada, K. (2004). A multi-level model for studying the context and impact of work-family policies and culture in organizations. Human Resource Management Review, 14, 409-431.
37. Prottas, D. J., Thompson, C. A., Kopelman, R. E., & Jahn, E.W. (2007). Factors affecting employee knowledge of work-family programs. Personnel Review, 36, 163-189.
38. Rapoport, R., Bailyn, L, Fletcher, J., & Pruitt, B. (2002). Beyond Work- Family Balance: Advancing Gender Equity and Workplace Performance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
39. Rothhausen, T. & Gonzales, J. (1998). Family-friendly backlash - Fact or fiction? The case of organizations' on-site childcare centers. Personnel Psychology, 51, 685-707.
40. Schein, E. H. (1992). Organizational Culture and Leadership: A Dynamic View. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
41. Shain, M. (2005) Benchmarking the psychosocial environment. Journal of Employee Assistance, 34, 32-33.
42. Simon, R. W. (1995). Gender, multiple roles, role meaning, and mental health. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 26, 182-194.
43. Thompson, C. A. (2005). Work-life balance? Organizations in denial. Journal of Employee Assistance, 35, 2, 7-9.
44. Thompson, C. A., Andreassi, J., & Prottas, D. (2005). Work-family culture: Key to reducing workforce-workplace mismatch? In Bianchi, S. M., Casper, L. M., Christensen, K. E., & Berkowitz King, R. (eds), Workforce/Workplace Mismatch? Work, Family, Health and Wellbeing. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
45. Thompson, C. A., Beauvais, L. L.,&Allen, T. (2006). Work-life balance: An industrial-organizational psychology perspective. In Pitt-Catsouphes, M., Kossek, E., & Sweet, S. (eds), Work-Family Handbook. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
46. Thompson, C. A., Beauvais, L. L., & Lyness, K. S. (1999). When work- family benefits are not enough: The influence of work-family culture on benefit utilization, organizational attachment, and work-family conflict. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 54, 392-415.
47. Thompson, C. A. Jahn, E. W., Kopelman, R., & Prottas, D. (2004). The impact of perceived organizational and supervisory family support on affective commitment: A longitudinal and multi-level analysis. Journal of Managerial Issues, 16, 545-567.
48. Thompson, C. A.&Prottas, D. J. (2006). Relationship among organizational family support, job autonomy, perceived control, and employee wellbeing. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 11, 100-118.
49. Williams, J. (2000). Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What to Do About It. New York: Oxford University Press.