紀要論文

ワーク・ライフ・バランスを実現する働き方改革と職場マネジメントの課題

Working style and management of the workplace for realizing a work-life Balance

jpn

13493051

https://doi.org/10.15002/00007600

法政大学キャリアデザイン学会

8

19

32

2011-02

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The issue of balancing paid employment with personal life has been of interest in a number of domains including employing organizations and the human resource practices. This paper focuses on the issue of management of the workplace and working hours. Some studies have identified the manager’s or supervisor’s support as critical to the success of employees’ work-life balance. In Japan, many employees work long working hours and this situation is considered to be barriers for employees’ work-life balance. A lot of workers tend to continue to work until finish the task in spite of the limitation of working hours. The exploratory case studies were conducted to examine the change by introducing the rule of ‘leaving the office at the scheduled time on 2 days in a week’. The results indicated that the management style of the workplace changed effectively, employees made efforts to manage their working hours. Efforts to managing the working hours leads to the efficient work flow. UK organizations, in which implementing work-life balance policies, are increasingly aware of the importance of supervisors’ support of employees seeking work-life balance. It was concluded from these findings that organizations’ efforts to improve the situations for appropriate management could help achievement a balance between work and personal life.

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