COMPANY CULTURE AND MENS USAGE OF FAMILY LEAVE BENEFITS IN SWEDEN

Authors
HAAS L HWANG P
Citation
L. Haas et P. Hwang, COMPANY CULTURE AND MENS USAGE OF FAMILY LEAVE BENEFITS IN SWEDEN, Family relations, 44(1), 1995, pp. 28-36
Citations number
64
Categorie Soggetti
Social Work","Family Studies
Journal title
Family relations → ACNP
ISSN journal
01976664
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
28 - 36
Database
ISI
SICI code
0197-6664(1995)44:1<28:CCAMUO>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
This study assessed how corporate culture affects men's likelihood of becoming more involved in child care and using family leave benefits. We found that Swedish companies are somewhat ''father friendly'', but few have undertaken widescale changes in corporate policy and practice that would make the workplace highly supportive of active fatherhood. Therefore, men's use of family leave benefits remains modest. Implica tions are drawn for policy making in Sweden and the U.S.