Exploring the effects of flexible working practices and family friendly policies on the employment and welfare of insecure workers

• Autorzy: Branine M.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.5604/18969380.1159459

Warianty tytułu

PL

Eksploracja efektów elastycznych form pracy i polityki przyjaznej rodzinie na zatrudnienie i zamożność pracowników nieuprzywilejowanych

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper raises a number of controversial issues in an attempt to evaluate the effects of flexible working practices and family friendly policies on employment and welfare of mainly people with disabilities, senior citizens and the women and men with caring responsibilities. Over the recent years many governments have championed the idea of flexible working for obvious political and economic motives while most employers who have accepted or even initiated such practices and policies have acted on purely economic and business grounds. This study attempts to explain the concepts of flexible working and family friendly policy and then to explore the reasons for and procedures of implementing such policies. It is concluded that family friendly policies can be useful means of meeting the needs of both employers and employees, depending on the way they are implemented and the people who benefit from them.

PL

W artykule poruszono wiele kontrowersyjnych kwestii, podejmując próbę oceny skutków elastycznych metod pracy i polityki przyjaznej rodzinie w zakresie zatrudnienia i dobrobytu ludzi, głównie osób niepełnosprawnych, starszych oraz kobiet i mężczyzn z obowiązkami rodzicielskimi. W ciągu ostatnich lat wiele rządów broniło idei elastycznej pracy z oczywistych powodów politycznych i gospodarczych, podczas gdy większość pracodawców, którzy zaakceptowali lub nawet wdrożyli takie praktyki i polityki, kierowała się powodami czysto ekonomicznymi i biznesowymi. Niniejsze opracowanie jest próbą wyjaśnienia pojęcia elastycznej pracy, polityki przyjaznej rodzinie, aby następnie zbadać przyczyny i procedury realizacji takiej polityki. Stwierdzono, że polityka przyjazna rodzinie może być użytecznym środkiem zaspokajania potrzeb zarówno pracodawców, jak i pracowników, w zależności od sposobu, w jaki są one realizowane i osób, które czerpią z nich korzyści.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

flexible working practices; family friendly policies; flexibility in work place

PL

elastyczne metody pracy; polityka przyjazna rodzinie; elastyczność w miejscu pracy

• Wydawca: Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Czasopismo: Nowoczesne Systemy Zarządzania
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: T. 9, nr 1
• Strony: 75--88
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 39 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Branine M.

• Dundee Business School University of Abertay, Scotland, Wielka Brytania

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2021).