The work-life interface and global diversity management

T. Alexandra Beauregard

Chapter 12 in Research Handbook on Global Diversity Management, 2025, pp 164-174 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: While organizations may claim they want their employees to ‘bring their whole selves to work’, this is not always matched by organizational policies and practices facilitating genuine inclusion for employees with diverse nonwork-related commitments. This chapter explores the interface between employees’ work and personal life in the context of global diversity management. It examines diverse ways in which work and ‘life’ roles are conceptualized and positioned relative to one another, as well as cross-cultural variation in personal life role demands and resources. Variation in organizational work-life policy approaches across national contexts are identified along with impacts for diversity management, including in multinational enterprises. The chapter concludes by positing that HRM and diversity management functions in organizations need to be more closely aligned to fully leverage the benefits of work-life initiatives for attracting, retaining and supporting a diverse workforce. Directions for future work-life-related research in the diversity management literature are identified.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Sustainable Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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