Balancing work and family: The role of high-commitment environments
Balancing work and family: The role of high-commitment environments
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DOI：
10.1111/1468-232x.00286
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发表时间：
2003-04-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Appelbaum, E
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作者：
Berg, P;Kalleberg, AL;Appelbaum, E
最近，研究人员开始认识到，工作的性质、工作场所的环境，以及更广泛地说，工作场所的文化，会对员工平衡工作和家庭生活的能力产生重大影响。本文考察了高绩效工作实践、工作特征和工作环境对员工是否帮助他们平衡工作和家庭的看法的影响。我们利用对三个制造业工人的调查数据表明，高承诺的环境——以高绩效的工作实践为特征，本质上有回报的工作，理解主管——积极地影响了员工对公司正在帮助他们实现这种平衡的看法。这篇文章强化了这样一种观点，即帮助员工平衡工作和家庭责任，不仅仅是福利和正式的家庭友好政策的问题。相反，它还取决于企业内工作的特点。
Recently, researchers have begun to recognize that the nature of jobs, the work-place environment, and more generally, the culture of the workplace can have a significant impact on the ability of workers to balance their work and family lives. This article examines the effect of high-performance work practices, job characteristics, and the work environment on workers' views about whether the company helps them balance work and family. Using data from a survey of workers across three manufacturing industries, we show that a high-commitment environment-characterized by high-performance work practices, intrinsically rewarding jobs, and understanding supervisors-positively influences employees' perceptions that the company is helping them achieve this balance. This article reinforces the view that helping workers balance work and family responsibilities, is not just a matter of benefits and formal family-friendly policies. Rather, it also depends on the characteristics of jobs within the business enterprise.