Corporate support mechanisms for families: An exploratory study and agenda for research and evaluation |
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Authors: | Frances Stillman |
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Institution: | Johns Hopkins University, USA;The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA |
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Abstract: | Based on telephone interviews with representatives from 16 corporations in the Baltimore-Washington area, this article explores the awareness of corporate officers of the linkages between work and family systems, their perceived responsibility for implementing policies and services that lend support to the family circumstances of employees, and the types of actions they had initiated in their corporations to help employees better balance work and family demands. Study results demonstrate limited awareness among corporate officers toward the work and family interface, employer uncertainty about corporate responsibilities for the family situation and demands of employees, and limited corporate development of family-oriented policies and services. These results are discussed in the context of recent federal initiatives to encourage greater corporate response to the family circumstances of employees. Implications are suggested for further research and evaluation. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be sent to Gary L Bowen PhD Assistant Professor School of Social Work University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 223 E Franklin Street 150 A Chapel Hill NC 27514 USA |
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