TY - JOUR
T1 - Family-friendly work practices in Britain
T2 - Availability and perceived accessibility
AU - Budd, John W.
AU - Mumford, Karen A.
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - Using linked data for British workplaces and employees, we find a low base rate of workplace-level availability, and a substantially lower rate of individual-level perceived accessibility, for five family-friendly work practices-parental leave, paid leave, job sharing, subsidized child care, and working at home. Our results demonstrate that statistics on workplace availability drastically overstate the extent to which employees perceive that family-friendly policies are accessible to them personally. British workplaces appear to be responding slowly, and perhaps disingenuously, to pressures to enhance family-friendly work practices.
AB - Using linked data for British workplaces and employees, we find a low base rate of workplace-level availability, and a substantially lower rate of individual-level perceived accessibility, for five family-friendly work practices-parental leave, paid leave, job sharing, subsidized child care, and working at home. Our results demonstrate that statistics on workplace availability drastically overstate the extent to which employees perceive that family-friendly policies are accessible to them personally. British workplaces appear to be responding slowly, and perhaps disingenuously, to pressures to enhance family-friendly work practices.
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U2 - 10.1002/hrm.20091
DO - 10.1002/hrm.20091
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33645160435
SN - 0090-4848
VL - 45
SP - 23
EP - 42
JO - Human Resource Management
JF - Human Resource Management
IS - 1
ER -