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Exploring work-life balance practices in the United Kingdom and Italy

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Main Author: Rawnak, Afroze
Other Authors: rawnak.a@eastdelta.edu.bd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2020
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Italy
UK
Work-life balance
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/64336
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spelling my.unimap-643362020-02-27T11:21:12Z Exploring work-life balance practices in the United Kingdom and Italy Rawnak, Afroze rawnak.a@eastdelta.edu.bd Italy UK Work-life balance Link to publisher's homepage at https://ijbt.unimap.edu.my This paper studies the similarities and differences between the United Kingdom and Italy in implementing Work-Life Balance (WLB) practices. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in two operations of the same company focusing on the same business entity, with offices present in both UK and Italy. Even though both countries must comply with the regulations outlined by the European Union (EU), it was interesting to investigate whether the countries’ specific national policies and cultures differences affecting the employees’ perceptions about work and the weight they attach to various WLB practices. The findings showed that the over-working culture is an issue for the UK employees and most of those responding were women, emphasising the UK reliance on female labour force and the possibility of part-time arrangements. In the Italian case, the working hours were not an issue, but the employees referred to the lack of part-time working arrangements. The traditional “male breadwinner” culture was somewhat persistent in the Italian office. The data revealed that the way the employees of both countries perceived WLB practices had some similarities and differences. This research concludes that the cultural and pre-existing institutions indeed influence the development and implementation of WLB practices. 2020-02-27T11:21:12Z 2020-02-27T11:21:12Z 2020-02 Article International Journal of Business and Technopreneurship, vol.10(1), 2020, pages 13-30. 2231-7090 (printed) 2232-1543 (online) http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/64336 https://ijbt.unimap.edu.my/ en School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
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UK
Work-life balance
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UK
Work-life balance
Rawnak, Afroze
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