Workplace Matters: The Use of Parental Leave Policy in Japan
Workplace Matters: The Use of Parental Leave Policy in Japan
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DOI：
10.1177/0730888415574781
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发表时间：
2015-08-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Brinton, Mary C.
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作者：
Mun, Eunmi;Brinton, Mary C.
许多后工业化国家采取了使就业和家庭更加协调的政策。但是，促进或阻碍员工政策使用的组织环境尚未得到充分研究。本文通过分析与工作场所更多使用育儿假政策相关的组织条件来解决这一差距。作者利用了当代日本的组织数据，日本是理想工作者和密集育儿规范的缩影，这在美国的工作家庭冲突研究中日益得到强调。作者分析了2001年至2009年500多家日本大公司的面板数据，发现在管理职位中女性比例较高的公司（包括公司董事会的人力资源主管），育儿假政策的利用率更高。然而，在那些提供比法律规定更长的产假的公司，这种用法并没有增加。这些结果突出了组织环境的关键特征在提高员工使用育儿假政策方面的重要性。
Policies to render employment and family more compatible have been adopted in many postindustrial countries. But the organizational contexts that facilitate or hinder employees' policy usage have been underexamined. This article addresses this gap by analyzing the organizational conditions associated with greater use of parental leave policy in the workplace. The authors draw on organizational data from contemporary Japan, a setting that epitomizes norms of the ideal worker and intensive parenting that are increasingly highlighted in studies of work-family conflict in the United States. Analyzing panel data on more than 500 large Japanese companies from 2001 to 2009, the authors find greater utilization of parental leave policies in firms that have a higher representation of women in managerial positions and that include human resource executives on the corporate board. Usage does not increase, however, in firms that offer parental leave that is longer than legally mandated. These results highlight the importance of key features of the organizational context in enhancing employees' use of parental leave policy.