Culture's consequences: organizational values, family-friendliness and a level playing field

Examines the relationship of organizational values and measures of family-friendliness and presence of a level playing field. Family-friendliness refers to the presence of supportive work-family conflict. Level playing field measures include the absence of gender bias and a commitment to fairness in decision making. Data were collected from 1,608 women and men employed in the same large professional services firm using anonymously completed questionnaires. The same organizational values were related to both family-friendliness and level playing field measures. These included respect among co-workers and balance to self, family, community and the firm. However, these values were relatively uncommon in the firm. Offers implications for management and organizations.