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Is the Institutional Environment a Challenge for the Well-Being of Female Managers in Europe? The Mediating Effect of Work–Life Balance and Role Clarity Practices in the Workplace

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  • Deybbi Cuéllar-Molina

    (Department of Business Administration, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Juan de Quesada, 30, 35001 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)

  • Antonia M. García-Cabrera

    (Department of Business Administration, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Juan de Quesada, 30, 35001 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)

  • Ana M. Lucia-Casademunt

    (Department of Business Management, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, 14004 Cordoba, Spain)

Abstract

The advancement of women to top management positions positively affects firm competitiveness. However, this advancement may also negatively affect individuals as women find themselves forced to overwork to match their male counterparts in organisations, which can cause a decrease in their professional well-being. Although the literature highlights that human resource practices (HRPs) have a positive impact on well-being, it also warns that national institutions may condition the adoption of HRPs by organisations. If that is true, institutions may become either a challenge to—or trigger for—female managers’ well-being. Accordingly, this study analyses the effects of institutions and the mediating effects of HRPs on the influence that is exerted by institutions on well-being. The empirical analysis, which was carried out on a sample of 575 female managers located in 27 European countries, confirms the direct and indirect effects (through HRPs for work–life balance and role clarity) of institutions on female managers’ well-being at work.

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  • Deybbi Cuéllar-Molina & Antonia M. García-Cabrera & Ana M. Lucia-Casademunt, 2018. "Is the Institutional Environment a Challenge for the Well-Being of Female Managers in Europe? The Mediating Effect of Work–Life Balance and Role Clarity Practices in the Workplace," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-16, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:9:p:1813-:d:165178
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