Work–life management tensions in multinational enterprises (MNEs)

AbstractManaging work-life issues presents a number of challenges for HR departments in multinational enterprises (MNEs) because of the complexity of implementing policies that require sensitivity to local issues such as cultural traditions and legislation. However, there has been limited discussion among researchers regarding the roles and responsibilities of HR managers in MNEs and even less attention given to work-life management in the global context. A tension-centered approach to analyzing these complexities in MNEs particularly focusing on work-life management and strategy development provide insight into constraints and challenges into organizations operating globally. There is evidence that tensions often exist in MNEs between corporate/global HR, local HR, and operational line managers involved in implementing work-life policies and practices. The promise of the tension-centered approach is that is provides insight into the ways these tensions are resolved in practice, and can point toward strategies to improve practices.

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The work–life management strategies of indoor female sex workers in Poland

Sociological Spectrum ◽

10.1080/02732173.2021.1960658 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Izabela Ślęzak

Keyword(s):

Sex Workers ◽

Female Sex Workers ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Work Life ◽

Life Management ◽

Female Sex

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Managing Work-Life Commitments in Legal Prostitution

Sex and Stigma ◽

10.18574/nyu/9781479859290.003.0009 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 171-194

Author(s):

Sarah Jane Blithe ◽

Anna Wiederhold Wolfe ◽

Breanna Mohr

Keyword(s):

Management Practices ◽

Work Life ◽

Community Based ◽

Life Management ◽

Legal Prostitution ◽

Work And Life

In this chapter, the authors present data from participants about how legal prostitutes manage work and life boundaries. They argue that work-life management practices are different for stigmatized workers because they must cope with occupational stigma by segmenting work and life realms in acutely distinct ways. The data revealed that work-life boundaries are disciplined by legal mythologies and ambiguities surrounding worker restrictions, occupational ideologies of “work now, life later,” and perceived and experienced effects of community-based stigma. These legal, occupational, and community constructs ultimately privilege organizations’ and external communities’ interests, while individual dirty workers carry the weight of stigma.

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