Beauregard, T. Alexandra (2025) The work-life interface and global diversity management. In: Ozbilgin, M. and Erbil, C. (eds.) Research Handbook on Global Diversity Management. Research Handbooks in Business and Management. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, pp. 164-174. ISBN 9781035311170.
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Abstract
While organizations may claim they want their employees to ‘bring their whole selves to work’, this is not always matched by organizational policies and practices facilitating genuine inclusion for employees with diverse nonwork-related commitments. This chapter explores the interface between employees’ work and personal life in the context of global diversity management. It examines diverse ways in which work and ‘life’ roles are conceptualised and positioned relative to one another, as well as cross-cultural variation in personal life role demands and resources. Variation in organizational work-life policy approaches across national contexts are identified along with impacts for diversity management, including in multinational enterprises. The chapter concludes by positing that HRM and diversity management functions in organizations need to be more closely aligned to fully leverage the benefits of work-life initiatives for attracting, retaining and supporting a diverse workforce. Directions for future work-life-related research in the diversity management literature are identified.
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| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Work–life balance, Work–life conflict, Work–life initiatives, Diversity management, HRM, Cross-cultural |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School |
| Depositing User: | Alexandra Beauregard |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2025 09:46 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2025 08:22 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/54889 |
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