BALANCING THE WORK HOME INTERFACE - A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE/

This article first briefly considers some of the transitions occurring in workplaces and families and implications for human resource manage ment. It then outlines the European approach to work and family issues and argues that despite apparent differences from the US approach, bo th point to the need for workplace culture change within a partnership framework. We propose an expanded business case for organizational ch ange which incorporates the perspectives of a range of stakeholders. F inally we propose an agenda for further change and indicate some relat ed directions for future research.