"The work must go on": the role of communication in the use of work-life policies
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| Publication date | 2012 |
| Journal | Conference papers: International Communication Association: annual meeting |
| Event | 62nd Annual International Communication Association Conference |
| Volume | Issue number | 2012 |
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| Abstract | Based on individual and focus group interviews with managers and employees in three Dutch organizations, this studies identifies how managers’ and employees’ daily discourses contribute to the determine how work-life policies are implemented and used. Analyses revealed differences in employees and managers’ resistance to policy, the binds and dilemmas experienced, and coordinated agreements and actions to complete workloads. In following Kirby ad Krone (2002), we identify themes persistent across organizations and employee status. |
| Document type | Article |
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Preprint with title: "The work must go on": the role of employee and managerial discourse in the implementation and restriction of work-life policy use Proceedings title: Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, Phoenix, AZ, May 24, 2012 Publisher: International Communication Association Place of publication: Washington, DC |
| Language | English |
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