Work–life balance in China? Social policy, employer strategy and individual coping mechanisms
Work–life balance in China? Social policy, employer strategy and individual coping mechanisms
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1744-7941.2011.00005.x
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Yuchun Xiao;F. Cooke
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作者：
Yuchun Xiao;F. Cooke
本文在经济市场化、私营部门迅速发展和各职业群体工作强度不断提高的背景下，探讨了中国工人工作与生活冲突的主要根源。研究表明，中国的组织领导者和员工倾向于接受工作-生活冲突作为一个生活的事实。每个人都有自己的应对策略。虽然各组织更有可能采取人力资源举措，以缓解长时间工作对其主要雇员及其家庭的负面影响，但管理人员远不愿意采取措施来满足儿童保育需求。我们认为，在中国的工作与生活的冲突和解决方案的制度和文化背景是显着不同的那些发现在发达经济体和这些问题的理解有特别的影响，西方跨国公司在中国经营。
This paper investigates major sources of work–life conflicts encountered by workers in China against a context of marketization of the economy, the rapid growth of the private sector and a trend of work intensification across occupational groups. The study shows that Chinese organizational leaders and workers tend to accept work–life conflicts as a fact of life. Individuals adopt various coping strategies on their own. While organizations are more likely to introduce human resource initiatives to cushion the negative effect of long working hours on their key employees and their families, managers are far less willing to adopt practices to accommodate childcare needs. We argue that the institutional and cultural contexts of work–life conflict and solution in China are significantly different from those found in developed economies and that the understanding of these issues has particular implications for western multinational firms operating in China.