Family-Friendly Policies and Work-Family Balance: The Gender Perspective

Author

Huang, Chiung-En ; Tai, David W S

Author_Institution

Dept. of Knowledge Manage., Aletheia Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

fYear

2009

fDate

24-26 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

571

Lastpage

576

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to examine the differences that exist between the genders regarding family-friendly policies and work-family balance. The results revealed differences between the two genders in matters related to family-friendly policies and work-family balance. Regarding family-friendly policies, female managers were more interested in training related to welfare-caring services, parental leave and information than male managers. On the other hand, with regard to the balance between home and work, female workers tended to have a higher family-satisfaction rate than males.

Keywords

gender issues; personnel; family friendly policies; family satisfaction; gender perspective; managers; parental leave; welfare caring services; work-family balance; Employment; Engineering profession; Gender equity; Government; Human resource management; Information management; Information technology; Knowledge management; Management training; Personnel; family-friendly policies; gender; work-family balance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Sciences and Convergence Information Technology, 2009. ICCIT '09. Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5244-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3896-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCIT.2009.127

Filename

5367869