Returning to work after maternity leave

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 18-20
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Maternity Leave ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hiring Managers ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Family Friendly ◽  
Returning To Work ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Despite increasing diversity and inclusion in the workplace, subtle subconscious biases and neosexist viewpoints persist, especially toward women returning to work following a maternity career-break. Hiring managers may view such women negatively; they perceive them to be less committed due to the challenges of working while balancing family responsibilities. Organizations offer various family-friendly initiatives such as support programs to help women return to work and maintain a work-life balance. Completing a support program helps to provide more information about skills and abilities following a break, which can help reduce ambiguities and discriminatory views when evaluating a woman’s resume. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

How total reward packages were impacted by Greece's recession

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Private Insurance ◽  
Employee Benefit ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Total Reward ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Family Friendly ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings This research paper explores the impact of employee benefit reductions during Greece's 2012-2015 recession, which a third of survey respondents experienced. Recession-driven employee benefit cuts negatively affected women more than men, as women value benefits like childcare allowances the most highly. This introduces a diversity and inclusion dimension to recessionary impacts. A way of attracting and retaining female talent building and maintaining a self-managed rewards system with enough flexibility to suit employees' life priorities, regardless of their gender. Overall, private insurance like health insurance was the most valued benefit, followed by family friendly benefits. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Striking a balance

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-11
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Family Friendly ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Specific Occupation ◽  
Opposite Gender ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Despite increasing gender equality at home and in the workplace, there remains a satisfaction gap in terms of work-life balance, with women continuing to perform the greater share of childcare and home responsibilities as well as taking on paid employment. Government family-friendly policies aim to aid employees to achieve a satisfactory balance. Despite self-selecting roles to suit pay and flexibility needs (especially in careers in which the opposite gender is traditionally dominant), this article demonstrates that a gender gap persists, and can be dependent on the specific occupation. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Moves to increase diversity and inclusion in the workplace

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-43
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Employee Groups ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Firms that increase their emphasis on diversity and inclusion can generate positive perceptions and attitudes among employee groups that have been historically marginalized. Leaders play a significant role by consistently demonstrating fairness to all employees through formal practices and routine behaviors. Inclusion is determined more by the actions of co-workers who can help cultivate an environment where camaraderie and a sense of belongingness are the norm. Practical implications The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Returning to work after injury: factors that influence the timing

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 19-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Cole
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Occupational Hazards ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Returning To Work ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Serious Injury ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Occupational hazards are an unfortunate way of life for workers in many industries. For some, the risk of serious injury or illness is considerable. More positive is the decline over recent decades in the number of such incidents reported. However, in Western nations the cost of injury or illness at work remains substantial. Statistics show that in European Union (EU) countries, it can range between 2.6 per cent and 3.8 per cent of GDP. Regulations and conditions within specific labor markets help determine where these costs are absorbed. There are wide variations across countries in terms of how injured employees are compensated during their time off work. Practical implications The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Sealing the deal on international assignments in the oil and gas industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 34-36
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
International Assignments ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Family Friendly ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Female Employees ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings This research paper concentrates on the compensation and benefits arrangements for international assignments undertaken by women in a male-dominated industry. Unless an offer of geographic upheaval comes with both a lucrative financial reward and family-friendly provisions, as an overall package a deal to work internationally may not prove attractive enough for female employees to jump at. Practical implications The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Towards more inclusive organizational decision making

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-33
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Collective Learning ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Organizational Decision Making ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Creativity ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the papers in context. Findings Diversity and inclusion are key to enhancing organizational creativity. Current training programs are somewhat limited though. Practitioners can increase learning effectiveness at individual, group, and firm level by developing a framework that enables differences in role, status, and identity to be overcome. The truly collective learning that can emerge is able to considerably enrich decision-making. Practical implications The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information, and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

How Phillips saw the light

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 29-31
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Business World ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Freak Show ◽  
The World ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The One ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings The problem with developing a reputation of being something of an oracle in the business world is that all of a sudden, everyone expects you to pull off the trick of interpreting the future on a daily basis. Like a freak show circus act or one-hit wonder pop singer, people expect you to perform when they see you, and they expect you to perform the thing that made you famous, even if it is the one thing in the world you don’t want to do. And when you fail to deliver on these heightened expectations, you are dismissed as a one trick pony, however good that trick is in the first place. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Negotiation and corporate strategy

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-6
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Organizational Strategy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Consistent Approach

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Negotiation is a key tool in delivering competitive advantage but requires a clear and consistent approach closely linked to organizational strategy. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Blending global and regional planning in multinationals

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-18
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Central Planning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Blending global and regional planning is important for multinationals. Within a central framework, local offices should have input. Different regions will approach this in different ways, but regional planning needs to be in-synch with central planning cycles. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists, and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

The importance of corporate political strategies

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-33
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Political Strategy ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Corporate Political Strategies ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Corporate Political Strategy ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings There is a substantial body of research on corporate political strategy, but most is theoretical, lacking empirical evidence, and is widely geo specific. More research needs to be done in clarifying the field, and developing new ideas for emerging markets. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists, and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

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