Family-friendly support programs and work family conflict among Indonesian higher education employees
dc.contributor.author | Burgess, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Issa, Theodora | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T15:29:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T15:29:23Z | |
dc.date.created | 2016-02-28T19:30:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Burgess, J. and Issa, T. 2015. Family-friendly support programs and work family conflict among Indonesian higher education employees. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal. 34 (8): pp. 726-741. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46817 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1108/EDI-04-2015-0026 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of family-friendly programs at the workplace in the Indonesian higher education sector. The focus is the impact that these programs have on employees’ work family conflict. Design/methodology/approach: A survey of academic and non-academic staff from 30 higher education institutions across Indonesia participated in the research. A total of 159 completed questionnaires from 109 academic and 50 from non-academic staff are reported and statistically analysed using SPSS. Findings: Work and family experiences in Indonesia do not positively align with the findings reported in most academic literature pertaining to western societies where the use of family-friendly programs (i.e. flexible work options, specialized leave options and dependent care support) leads to a reduction in employees’ work family conflict. In fact, some of the programs were found to have the opposite effect in the Indonesian context. Research limitations/implications: The design of family-friendly support has to take into account the context in which the policies will operates; these policies are not transferable across countries in terms of their effectiveness. Originality/value: This is one of the first studies that has examined the operation and effectiveness of family-friendly support programs in an Indonesian context. | |
dc.publisher | Emerald Group Publishing | |
dc.title | Family-friendly support programs and work family conflict among Indonesian higher education employees | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 34 | |
dcterms.source.number | 8 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 2040-7149 | |
dcterms.source.title | Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal | |
curtin.department | School of Management | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |
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