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Work-Life Balance: The Importance of Human Resource Managers' Role

Work-Life Balance: The Importance of Human Resource Managers' Role

Susana Pasamar, Macarena López-Fernández
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781522575108|ISBN10: 1522575103|EISBN13: 9781522575115
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7510-8.ch012
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Pasamar, Susana, and Macarena López-Fernández. "Work-Life Balance: The Importance of Human Resource Managers' Role." Gender Economics: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 266-281. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7510-8.ch012

APA

Pasamar, S. & López-Fernández, M. (2019). Work-Life Balance: The Importance of Human Resource Managers' Role. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Gender Economics: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 266-281). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7510-8.ch012

Chicago

Pasamar, Susana, and Macarena López-Fernández. "Work-Life Balance: The Importance of Human Resource Managers' Role." In Gender Economics: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 266-281. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7510-8.ch012

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Abstract

This chapter explores the role of human resource managers in work-life balance, analysing the evolution of women's role in society and in the labour market. The existence of different barriers that keep women far of managerial positions is pointed out, as well as the factors that could explain why this glass ceiling is still present. Human resource managers play an important role as agents responsible for the profitability and growth of the organization, but also as victims of work-family conflict of their own and as important actors in implementation of family-supportive policies designed to alleviate this conflict. Their perceptions about the positive and negative outcomes related to Work-life balance will be analised in this chapter.

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