Top Executives' Work Relationship and Work-Family Balance: Taxonomy Development and Performance Implications

ISBN-13: 9783834920300 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2009 / 202 str.

Eva-Maria Bauer

Opis

Eva-Maria Bauer presents two theoretically grounded taxonomies which describe the different ways how top executives manage their work relationship and work-family balance.

Spis treści

Procedure of Taxonomy Development; Literature Review; Job Demands-Resources Model, Upper Echelons Theory, Role Theory, and Mechanisms of Work-Family Linkage as Core Theoretical Concepts Investigation of Top executives’ Work Relationship and Work-Family Balance

O autorze

Dr. Eva-Maria Bauer completed her doctoral thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg at the department Department of Marketing & Human Resource Management at the Technische Universität Darmstadt.

Blurb

Top executives are confronted with extremely high demands. As a result of these challenges, some top executives risk derailing soon after having reached the top. Because of their important position in the organization, a decline in top executives’ performance or their sudden absence is especially harmful to the success of their organizations. Eva-Maria Bauer presents two theoretically grounded taxonomies which describe the different ways how top executives manage their work relationship and work-family balance. Her empirical analysis comprises qualitative interviews with top executives as well as a survey of top executives and their life partners. The results show significant differences between the executives’ types concerning for example their well-being, satisfaction, and performance.