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Adoption and use of work-life initiatives: Looking at the influence of institutional pressures and gender
Joaquin AlegreSusana Pasamarsubject
Balance (accounting)Public economicsProcess (engineering)Strategy and ManagementWork–life balanceNormativeSample (statistics)BusinessEconomic systemInstitutional theoryAffect (psychology)Work lifedescription
Under the lens of Institutional Theory, this paper examines how coercive, normative and mimetic pressures on employers encourage the adoption and use of work-life balance. Analyzing a sample of Spanish private firms, we find that the diffusion of work-life practices may be explained as an isomorphic process in which particular normative pressure significantly influences the adoption and use of work-life programs, while mimetic pressures only affect the level of use. Interestingly, the presence of women in organizations is found to be relevant to the adoption and use of work-life benefits only when this presence refers to managerial positions.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-01 | European Management Journal |