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Work-Life Balance im globalen Kontext: Kulturunterschiede, Kompetenzen und Interventionen

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Eine zufriedenstellende Balance zwischen Beruf und Familie zu erreichen, stellt für viele Erwerbstätige eine große Herausforderung dar. Eine wachsende Zahl von national wie international agierenden Unternehmen setzt sich seit einigen Jahren gezielt mit diesem Thema auseinander und versucht, ihre Mitarbeiter und Mitarbeiterinnen dabei zu unterstützen. Sowohl die individuellen Vorstellungen einer ausgewogenen Balance zwischen den verschiedenen Lebensbereichen als auch die Wirksamkeit von organisatorischen Maßnahmen zur Förderung der Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Privatleben unterliegen verschiedenen kulturellen Einflussfaktoren. Das vorliegende Kapitel fasst den aktuellen Forschungsstand aus arbeitspsychologischer und kulturvergleichender Perspektive über den Einfluss von kulturellen Normen und Werten auf die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie zusammen und präsentiert individuelle, familiäre/partnerschaftliche und organisatorische Ansätze zur Steigerung der Work-Life Balance (WLB) im globalen Kontext.

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Beham, B., Straub, C. (2021). Work-Life Balance im globalen Kontext: Kulturunterschiede, Kompetenzen und Interventionen. In: Genkova, P. (eds) Handbuch Globale Kompetenz. Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-30684-7_82-1

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