Naslov
ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT OF WOMEN BALANCED CAREERS - THEORETICAL RESEARCH

Autori
Gojšić, Jasenka ; Budimir Šoško, Gabrijela

Izvornik
Oeconomicus (1849-9686) 1 (2017), 5; 8-24

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pregledni rad, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
balanced careers, organizational support, human resources management

Sažetak
Globalization, information technologies, demographic changing of the working population and the values of the generation X and beyond, have been changing the way people work and the meaning of the work in a person’s life. In the same time, the highly educated women, as a new phenomenon in history, have been asking the specific requirements to be made within the organizational milieu. Large, industrial organizations seem to be just an accident in the history of the humankind. Considering everything, people seem to be less and less accepting of the rigid organizational forms and of the ultimatum of choosing between the family and work. All the above appears to be changing organizations, working arrangements and careers. The balance of the work, social life and self-development is not only the “meter” of the state of economy, culture or life style. The search for the balance is also a personal quest, driven by the career’s anchors or orientations. This paper is placing a focus at importance of the balanced career of women, as an important issue for both, the women and for their employer organizations. Considering the matter from the individuals’ perspective, the organizational mechanisms that support and hinder balanced careers are worth exploring, with the assumption that the balanced people are valuable contributors, experienced and interested in their working life. The aim of the exploration is to understand what is practically important to the women with the balanced career orientation and what can be done by the organizations to attract, retain and fully engage the balanced careerists. The purpose of this paper is to give preliminary scientific theoretical background of organizational support of women balanced career, which will be followed by research results.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti

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