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Scitus Academics LLC Women in Management A Framework for Sustainable Work-Life Integration by Camron Jekyll
Traditionally, “Work-Life Balance” is a business imperative directly
impacting productivity and business performance, and is the goal of almost
every modern day professional to maintain an overall sense of harmony in
life. The boundaries between work and home-life are increasingly indistinct
as they find themselves more connected to the office and often handling
work-related responsibilities at home. Globalization and technology’s
impacts on the work environment have forced them to find a way to
integrate their work and personal responsibilities, casting out the notions of
work-life balance in order to build better work-life integration practices.
Female participation in the global workforce has grown dramatically over
the past number of decades, with the trend specifically reported for
countries such as the USA, and Ireland. This increased female labor force
participation, particularly for women in childbearing years, has been
accompanied by increasing challenges in managing time, roles and
responsibilities. The challenge for working mothers is how to facilitate the
sharing of roles in a more fair and equitable way to relieve them of the
double burden of employment and domestic duties.
Women in Management: A Framework for Sustainable Work-Life Integration
aims to explore how professional women perceive themselves in relation to
their work and family roles, how they experience these roles, how they
merge their work, family and individual self, and what meaning they make
of this integration. It raises important issues for the management of
professional working mothers and the implications of the study for
individuals and organizations are set out. Women's continued progress
depends on recognizing the intractable nature of these negative attitudes
and continually seeking ways to ensure that these attitudes do not derail
their success. The need to maintain and expand legal efforts is discussed.