In the article we are applying Sen’s capability approach in order to evaluate capabilities of Slovenian parents for reconciliation of paid work and family under the pressures of the transition to a market economy. We are interested in how different levels of capabilities, including social policy, organisational and individual are interrelated regarding work life balance (WLB) of employed parents. In the analysis we combine quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches. Research results presented show that increased precariousness of employment and intensification of work create gaps between legally and normatively existing possibilities for successful reconciliation strategies and actual use of arrangements offered by social policies in Slovenia. We found that existing social policies and acceptance of gender equality in the sphere of paid work enhance capabilities of parents for reconciliation of paid work and parenthood while the intensification of working lives, dominance of paid work over other parts of life and acceptance of gender inequalities of parental and household responsibilities hinder capabilities of parents for achieving a work life balance.
COBISS.SI-ID: 30465629
The purpose of this paper is to advance understanding of an individual’s identification with an organisation (“organisational identification”) and propose a scale for its measurement, by means of a study drawing on the literature of corporate marketing, and group and corporate identification. The findings suggest a means for marketing strategists and managers to predict the forms of organisational identification in their organisations, undertake appropriate initiatives for its general enhancement, and thereby strengthen corporate performance.
COBISS.SI-ID: 30461021
Although Slovenia is a small, relatively new nation-state, it has been justifiably called "neocorporatist" and a "coordinated market economy," making it unique among postcommunist societies, including ten new EU member states. The authors explore how it became so, and in the process shed light on the debate between varieties of capitalism (VoC) and power resources theories about how coordinated or neocorporatist economies emerge. Although several of the elements predicted by the varieties of capitalism perspective were present in Slovenia, others were not. The authors also find that a significant mobilization by organized labor at a crucial point played an essential role, and overall find that power resources theory has greater explanatory power in this case. However, in turning from explaining how the Slovenian model was formed to why it was so unique among postcommunist cases, they find that specific historical legacies were critical, particularly those from the distinct Yugoslav form of communism.
COBISS.SI-ID: 30330717