Journal article

Publication year: 2008

Pages: 2079-2094

Journal: The International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volume number: 19

Issue number: 11

ISSN: 0958-5192

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/09585190802404312

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group

Abstract: 
In the face of demographic developments and changes in employees' priorities, work-family issues have become increasingly important for organizations. It has been suggested that organizations benefit from human resource practices that are designed to help employees balance the demands of both work and family. However, research investigating the purported positive effects of these work-family practices is still scarce and inconclusive. In particular, longitudinal data that may help to identify long-term effects are still lacking. To help fill in this gap, we conducted two longitudinal studies that linked the degree to which organizations adopted work-family practices to absenteeism, perceived general performance, and perceived financial performance five years later. In both studies, we found that the comprehensive measure of work-family practices was negatively related to absenteeism but unrelated to perceived general performance and perceived financial performance.

Harvard Citation style: Giardini, A. and Kabst, R. (2008) Effects of work-family human resource practices: a longitudinal perspective, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 19(11), Article PII 905598568. pp. 2079-2094. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585190802404312

APA Citation style: Giardini, A., & Kabst, R. (2008). Effects of work-family human resource practices: a longitudinal perspective. The International Journal of Human Resource Management. 19(11), Article PII 905598568, 2079-2094. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585190802404312