Abstract

BARBANO, Leticia  and  HOLLANDA, Pedro Paulo Teófilo Magalhães de. Organizations’ Support for Achieving Work-Family Balance: Evidence from a Scoping Review. Rev. Psicol., Organ. Trab. [online]. 2023, vol.23, n.3, pp.2625-2633.  Epub Nov 29, 2024. ISSN 1984-6657.  https://doi.org/10.5935/rpot/2023.3.24047.

The present scoping review summarizes recent research from the perspective of what businesses can do to support the work-family balance of their employees. We conducted a scoping review based on the PRISMA-ScR protocol using three databases (Web of Science, JSTOR, and Scielo.org), with the keywords “work-family balance”, “work-life balance”, “family-friendly”, “family policies” and “family-supportive”. The search returned 4,357 articles. After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, a final sample of 57 publications was analyzed. Most articles used quantitative (93%, n = 53) and cross-sectional (77%, n = 44) methodologies, with primary data (52%, n = 29). Studies were mostly conducted in European countries (49%, n = 28), the USA (19%, n = 11), and South Korea (9%, n = 5). The conclusions drawn from these findings point towards a future work scenario in which inclusive businesses have a low workload, shorter working hours and high levels of family-supportive behaviors from supervisors and top management, all of them consolidated in a family-supportive organizational culture.

Keywords : work-family balance; work-life balance; family-friendly; family-supportive.

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