Reconciling family-work: the role of Corporate Citizenship

The work-family reconciliation is a fundamental theme in the political debate; the EU is infact facing a huge dilemma in terms of social policy: It requires to increase employment rates to ensure both economic growth and sustainability of welfare systems, while also promoting social inclusion in a context characterized by high complexification, especially in intergenerational perspective. In this frame is fundamental the contribution of the companies which, according to a vision of Corporate Citizenship, are strategic actors in the process of lifetimes arrangement. The book will present the results of a national survey carried out on behalf of the Italian National Observatory on the Family- Department for Family Policies, aimed at identifying some company good practices of work-family reconciliation.

Autorentext

Dott. Sara Mazzucchelli is Researcher in Sociology of Family (Faculty of Psychology). She works as researcher at the Athenaum Centre for Family Studies and Research (Catholic University of Milan) and she is a member of the organizal and scientific committee of the Family&Work Award (promoted by Lombardy Region, ALTIS, ASAG).