Is there a potential win for companies when women enrich their role of workers through the enrichement of their family lives?

• Author(s): Oliveira, Inês Martins
• Date: 2015
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/15656
• Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
• Subject(s): Work-family; Family-work enrichment; Facilitation; Enhancement; Positive spill-over.; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
• Document Type: Master thesis
• Language: English
• Advisor(s): Castanheira, Filipa
• Contributor(s): RUN

Description

While the work-family relation conflict literature has received much attention, there is a lack of empirical evidence towards work-family positive relation. Furthermore, there is a lack of understanding and recognition of possible benefits obtained by skills’ development during maternity. This study concludes that a family-work relation has a positive outcome, namely the enrichment. It was evident that there is a potential win when women enrich their role as workers through the enrichment of their family lives. Moreover, this enrichment is perceived by mothers along the development of their children; each age and phase have different challenges and enable different skills’ improvement. The findings support the notion that not all work and family experiences are negative and experiences from the work and home can improve outcomes both inside and outside the workplace.