TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Heywood, John S.
AU  - Siebert, W. Stanley
AU  - Wei, Xiangdong
        TI  - High Performance Workplaces and Family Friendly Practices: Promises Made and Promises Kept
        PY  - 2005/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1812
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1812
        AB  - High performance workplaces elicit greater involvement and productivity from employees but
past theory and evidence remain divided on whether or not such workplaces are compatible
with family friendly work practices. We present new evidence on the association using
perceptions of a representative sample of workers and an innovative testing framework. The
evidence reveals that high performance workplaces are no more likely to make commitments
to provide family friendly workplaces than are other workplaces. It shows, however, that high
performance workplaces are more likely to keep the family friendly commitments they make,
thereby maintaining a "psychological contract" based on mutual obligation. As providing
family friendly practices requires both making and keeping commitments, the evidence
confirms that high performance workplaces are more likely to provide such practices.
        KW  - motivation
KW  - high performance workplaces
KW  - family friendly practices
KW  - work incentives
        ER  -