Work–family attitudes and behaviours among newly immigrant Pakistani expatriates: the role of organizational family-friendly policies

Khokher, Sameera Y.; Beauregard, T. Alexandra

doi:10.1080/13668803.2013.847060

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“…Research on the work‐life interface has traditionally been conducted using a positivist approach: work‐life balance is an objective “truth” to be discovered. However, similar to other qualitative studies on the work‐life interface (e.g., Khokher and Beauregard, ; Basile and Beauregard, ), we wished to explore workers' subjective perceptions of how their experience of this interface is impacted by external factors. Believing that meaning is imposed on the world by individuals, our ontological position is subjectivist.…”

Section: Methodssupporting

confidence: 92%

The Impact of Global Economic Crisis and Austerity on Quality of Working Life and Work‐Life Balance: A Capabilities Perspective

Ayudhya

Prouska

Beauregard

2017

European Management Review

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This paper draws on the capabilities approach as a framework for examining the impact of the global economic crisis and austerity on quality of working life and work-life balance. Our paper focuses on Greece, an extreme case of a country in economic crisis, characterized by a weak institutional basis. We build on the work of Barbara Hobson and colleagues who first applied the capabilities approach to explore work-life balance capabilities. Our study contributes to the development of theory by emphasizing the sense of entitlement concept within the capabilities approach and by proposing a modified conceptual framework that encapsulates the link between capabilities, agency, and the sense of entitlement, where the latter acts as a cognitive 'filter' that enhances or weakens an individual's perception of her/his agency to enact on her/his capabilities. Drawing on the accounts of twenty Greek professional and managerial workers, we illustrate how the crisis and austerity measures have eroded working conditions and thus the sense of entitlement, leading to the weakening of our participants' agency and capabilities to achieve quality of working life and work-life balance.

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confidence: 92%

The Impact of Global Economic Crisis and Austerity on Quality of Working Life and Work‐Life Balance: A Capabilities Perspective

Ayudhya

Prouska

Beauregard

2017

European Management Review

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“…Finally, research conducted among migrants reveals how cultural values from both the home and the host nations can intersect to influence decisions about and experiences of the work-life interface. In Khokher and Beauregard's (2014)…”

Section: Research On the Work-life Interface In Diverse Geographical mentioning

confidence: 99%

Diversity in the work–life interface: introduction to the special issue

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Kunter

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PurposeThis article serves as an introduction to six articles featured in a special issue on diversity in the work–life interface. This collection of papers contains research that contemplates the work–life interface in different geographic and cultural contexts, that explores the work–life experiences of minority, marginalized and/or underresearched groups of workers and that takes into account diverse arrangements made to fulfill both work and nonwork responsibilities.Design/methodology/approachThis introductory article first summarizes some of the emerging research in this area, introduces the papers in this special issue and links them to these themes and ends with highlighting the importance of using an intersectional lens in future investigations of the work–life interface.FindingsThese six articles provide empirically based insights, as well as new theoretical considerations for studying the interface between paid work and personal life roles. Compelling new research directions are identified.Originality/valueIntroducing the new articles in this special issue and reviewing recent research in this area brings together the work–life interface scholarship and diversity management studies and points to the necessity for future investigations to take an intersectional and contextualized approach to their subject matter.

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“…They conducted a study among working adults in the United Kingdom and found a significant positive relationship among women in their sample. As another example, Khokher and Beauregard (2014) explored the role of family‐friendly policy availability on Pakistani women's career choices. Through in‐depth qualitative interviews with expatriate women in the United Kingdom, they found evidence of policy availability being positively associated with women's desires and decisions to remain in the workforce following childbirth.…”

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“…Based upon a sample of adults working across a variety of fields, they reported a positive relationship between benefits availability and life satisfaction through the mediated path of work–family culture (positive) and WFC (negative). Additionally, other studies have found that family‐friendly policy availability can influence women's family planning decisions, particularly among expatriate women who are not able to rely upon their extended family (e.g., mother‐in‐law) for caregiving (Khokher & Beauregard, 2014). Also related to issues of parenting, Ladge and Greenberg (2015) conducted in‐depth qualitative interviews with first‐time mothers in the United States during their return to work following maternity leave to explore issues of identity and uncertainty.…”

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The value of 21st century work–family supports: Review and cross‐level path forward

2020

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Summary The adoption of work–family supports (WFSs), defined as discretionary and formal organizational policies, services, and benefits aimed at reducing employees' work–family conflict and/or supporting their family roles outside of the workplace, has become a growing trend in contemporary organizational life. Yet, despite their widespread popularity and vast scholarship investigating their effects, questions remain as to the value (i.e., positive effects or benefits) they provide to organizations and their stakeholders. In this review, we carefully examine and critique current research that explores the value of WFSs conducted within different academic disciplines, across global research contexts, and using a variety of methodological approaches. We pay particular attention to understanding the different ways and conditions under which employees and organizations can benefit from WFSs, and we highlight the potential paths (i.e., why and when) through which value can be experienced. In conducting this comprehensive review, we also discuss the critical theoretical and empirical limitations associated with extant studies. Lastly, we offer a path forward and agenda to explore new and novel directions for future research, including work and family relationships and cross‐level investigations of WFSs that integrate individual, interpersonal, and organizational perspectives.

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Work–family attitudes and behaviours among newly immigrant Pakistani expatriates: the role of organizational family-friendly policies

Cited by 13 publications

References 45 publications

The Impact of Global Economic Crisis and Austerity on Quality of Working Life and Work‐Life Balance: A Capabilities Perspective

The Impact of Global Economic Crisis and Austerity on Quality of Working Life and Work‐Life Balance: A Capabilities Perspective

Diversity in the work–life interface: introduction to the special issue

The value of 21st century work–family supports: Review and cross‐level path forward

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