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Achievements and challenges for work/life balance strategies in Australian organizations
M Morley,Helen De Cieri,Barbara Holmes,P Gunnigle,N Heraty,Jacqueline Faye Abbott,J Pearson,Trisha Michelle Pettit,H Sheikh,S Tiernan +9 more
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The effective management of work/life balance (WLB) is an issue increasingly recognized as of strategic importance to organizations and of significance to employees as discussed by the authors, and the need to attract and retain valued employees in a highly competitive labour market is a strong motivating factor for increased organizational awareness and action with regard to implementation and management of WLB strategies.Abstract:
The effective management of work/life balance (WLB) is an issue increasingly recognized as of strategic importance to organizations and of significance to employees. We argue that an organization's need to attract and retain valued employees in a highly competitive labour market is a strong motivating factor for increased organizational awareness and action with regard to implementation and management of WLB strategies. In this paper, we report the findings of three surveys conducted annually from 1997 to 2000 with organizations in Australia. We explore the range and usage of WLB strategies in Australian organizations and identify the barriers to those strategies. It is evident that, while some achievements have been made over the years, there remain substantial challenges for the uptake and management of WLB strategies.read more
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