The disabling effects of enabling social policies on organisations’ human capital development practices for women

Astrid Reichel; Mila Lazarova; Eleni Apospori; Fida Afiouni; Maike Andresen; Janine Bosak; Emma Parry; Silvia Bagdadli; Jon P. Briscoe; Martina Gianecchini; Pamela Suzanne; Mami Taniguchi

doi:10.1111/1748-8583.12431

The disabling effects of enabling social policies on organisations’ human capital development practices for women

Astrid Reichel^*, Mila Lazarova, Eleni Apospori, Fida Afiouni, Maike Andresen, Janine Bosak, Emma Parry, Silvia Bagdadli, Jon P. Briscoe, Martina Gianecchini, Pamela Suzanne, Mami Taniguchi

^*Corresponding author for this work

Publication: Scientific journal › Journal article › peer-review

Abstract

Paid parental leave and externally provided childcare are social policies designed to enhance parents' labour force participation. These policies influence not only men's and women's decisions regarding their labour market activity but also organisational decision makers' (ODMs) expectations about their employees' availability to work and thus, their willingness to invest in their employees' human capital. Using a sample of over 13,000 individuals from 19 countries, we investigate the interaction between gender and social policies on human capital development practices. In line with statistical discrimination theory, which suggests that ODMs hold different expectations about female and male productivity, we find that paid parental leave and externally provided childcare are negatively associated with the provision of human capital development for women but not for men.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	129-147
Number of pages	19
Journal	Human Resource Management Journal
Volume	33
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12431
Publication status	Published - Jan 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

childcare
contextual HRM
gender
human capital development
parental leave
statistical discrimination

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Reichel, A., Lazarova, M., Apospori, E., Afiouni, F., Andresen, M., Bosak, J., Parry, E., Bagdadli, S., Briscoe, J. P., Gianecchini, M., Suzanne, P., & Taniguchi, M. (2023). The disabling effects of enabling social policies on organisations’ human capital development practices for women. Human Resource Management Journal, 33(1), 129-147. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12431

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