Harmonizing Work, Family, and Personal Life

Steven A. Y. Poelmans is Assistant Professor of Managing People in Organizations at IESE Business School, Barcelona, where he is co-founder and Academic Director of the International Center of Work and Family. Professor Poelmans is also the coordinator of the second phase of the Collaborative International Study on Managerial Stress (CISMSII), the first international study of work-family conflict in 26 countries. Paula Caligiuri is Associate Professor in the Human Resource Management Department in the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University, where she is the Director of the Center for Human Resource Strategy (CHRS). As a consultant, Professor Caligiuri is the President of Caligiuri and Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in selection, performance assessment, and development of global leaders.

'Changing times call for changing paradigms. Harmonizing Work, Family, and Personal Life serves as a bridge to the future. Rather than seeing work versus family and personal lives - a concept that has held sway for several decades - this book strives for a both/and approach of 'harmonizing' our lives. And rather than research for researchers versus human resource practice for practitioners, this book unites theory, research, policy, and practice across borders and continents. As such, it offers a wealth of research-tested practical ideas that can benefit employees and employers alike.' Ellen Galinsky, President, Families and Work Institute, New York

• List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Introduction Steven Poelmans; Part I. Describing Different Work-Life Policies/Policy Development/Pitfalls: 1. Strategic HR and work-life balance Paula Caligiuri and Nicole Givelekian; 2. Reviewing policies for harmonizing work, family and personal life Steven Poelmans and Barbara Beham; 3. Integrating career development and work-family policy Tammy Allen; 4. Work-life balance on global assignments Paula Caligiuri and Mila Lazarova; 5. IBM case Joan Giue and Oana Petrescu; Part II. Policy Design, Implementation, and Deployment: 6. Stages in the implementation of work-family policies Steven A. Y. Poelmans, Shilpa Patel and Barbara Beham; 7. Policy development across borders: a framework for work-life initiatives in multinational enterprises Anne Bardoel and Helen DeCieri; Annex: ACREW Key Performance Indicators (KPI) Checklist of Work/Life Best Practice; Part III. Cultural Change: 8. Barriers to the planning, implementation and usage of work-life policies Cynthia Thompson; 9. Proposing a model for cultural change Steven A. Y. Poelmans and Olena Stepanova; Epilogue: Social change Steven A. Y. Poelmans and Aline Masuda; Annex: List of Website references; Index.