Adoption and use of work-life initiatives: Looking at the influence of institutional pressures and gender

Susana Pasamar and Joaquin Alegre

European Management Journal, 2015, vol. 33, issue 3, 214-224

Abstract: Under the lens of Institutional Theory, this paper examines how coercive, normative and mimetic pressures on employers encourage the adoption and use of work-life balance. Analyzing a sample of Spanish private firms, we find that the diffusion of work-life practices may be explained as an isomorphic process in which particular normative pressure significantly influences the adoption and use of work-life programs, while mimetic pressures only affect the level of use. Interestingly, the presence of women in organizations is found to be relevant to the adoption and use of work-life benefits only when this presence refers to managerial positions.

Keywords: Work-life balance; Institutional pressures; Gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2014.09.002

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