Work‐life balance at Shanghai Shuozhi Management Consulting: Family‐friendly policies with a Chinese twist
Human Resource Management International Digest
ISSN: 0967-0734
Article publication date: 20 January 2012
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe family‐friendly policies at Shanghai Shuozhi Management Consulting Co. Ltd.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper examines the background to the policies, the form they take and some of the results they achieve.
Findings
The paper reports the role of stable monthly pay and perks; family‐supportive supervisors; family‐friendly colleagues; professional‐development programs; child‐related support programs; and physical health and psychological well being programs at Shanghai Shuozhi Management Consulting.
Practical implications
The view is advanced that organizations and employees in China who want to have a work‐family benefits workplace should adopt the strategies mentioned in this paper. The paper situates family‐friendly policies at Shanghai Shuozhi Management Consulting in the context of Chinese society as a whole.
Originality/value
The paper considers some of the similarities and differences between work‐life balance policies at Shanghai Shuozhi Management Consulting and those in the west.
Keywords
Citation
Han, Y. and Zhao, H. (2012), "Work‐life balance at Shanghai Shuozhi Management Consulting: Family‐friendly policies with a Chinese twist", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 20 No. 1, pp. 28-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/09670731211195936
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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