Top Executives’ Work Relationship and Work-Family Balance

1. Front Matter

   Pages III-XX

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2. Introduction

   • Eva-Maria Bauer

   Pages 1-8

3. Conceptual Background

   • Eva-Maria Bauer

   Pages 9-69

4. Basics of the Empirical Studies

   • Eva-Maria Bauer

   Pages 71-85

5. Investigation of Top Executives' Work Relationship

   • Eva-Maria Bauer

   Pages 87-127

6. Investigation of Top Executives' Work-Family Balance

   • Eva-Maria Bauer

   Pages 129-159

7. Discussion

   • Eva-Maria Bauer

   Pages 161-171

8. Back Matter

   Pages 173-202

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Top executives are confronted with extremely high demands. As a result of these challenges, some top executives risk derailing soon after having reached the top. Because of their important position in the organization, a decline in top executives’ performance or their sudden absence is especially harmful to the success of their organizations. Eva-Maria Bauer presents two theoretically grounded taxonomies which describe the different ways how top executives manage their work relationship and work-family balance. Her empirical analysis comprises qualitative interviews with top executives as well as a survey of top executives and their life partners. The results show significant differences between the executives’ types concerning for example their well-being, satisfaction, and performance.

• Cluysteranalyse
• Entwicklung
• Management
• Performance
• Topmanagement
• Work-Family-Balance
• Work-Life-Balance

Dr. Eva-Maria Bauer completed her doctoral thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg at the department Department of Marketing & Human Resource Management at the Technische Universität Darmstadt.

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