| Summary: | This volume guides organizational leaders in implementing country-sensitive work-family policies and create family-responsible environments, in which employees can carry out their work and still be fully engaged with their families. It reviews the unique cultural, social, political and economic climates in the United States, Latin America, North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. This work also provides recommendations as well as accounts of employee experiences from different geographical regions and cultural backgrounds, and shares examples and business cases illustrating best practices from companies in these regions. The editors gather a team, including experts who have studied work-family conflict, a lawyer who addresses the legal environment in some countries and a practitioner with hands-on experience with real employers and employees. Each chapter presents an overview of the factors in a specific region impacting work-family integration, the main challenges to individuals and organizations, solutions companies have implemented and many examples of the processes companies use to foster family-responsible cultures. The editors maintain throughout that it is the job organizational leaders - not human resource professionals - to direct change in this important area.
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