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Family‐Friendly Management in Great Britain: Testing Various Perspectives
Author(s) -
Wood Stephen J.,
De Menezes Lilian M.,
Lasaosa Ana
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/1468-232x.00288
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , multivariate statistics , set (abstract data type) , multivariate analysis , adaptation (eye) , family friendly , regression analysis , operations management , psychology , marketing , business , economics , computer science , engineering , statistics , mathematics , work (physics) , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , programming language
Five main perspectives on family‐friendly management are differentiated by their conceptions about the nature of such management and not just by its assumed predictors. Multivariate analysis of the relationships among a set of family‐oriented practices shows that some but not all are used in a systematic way. Regression analysis reveals that employers’ adoption of family‐friendly approaches is explained by factors that span all five perspectives, but overall, the organizational adaptation perspective fares best.