Small changes that make a great difference: reading, playing and eating with your children and the facilitating role of managers in Latin America.

María José Bosch*, Mireia Las Heras

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Parenting is challenging in today’s world. Dual careers, hyper-connectivity, and long distances take almost all our time, and parents must integrate their different roles. A direct impact of this hectic life is on the time parents spend with their children. Additionally, the role of fathers has gained importance, and it is important to understand his influence. In this chapter we will analyze the importance of the time fathers spend in positive engagement activities with their children, such as eating and reading with their children, and also how organizations, through their managers, can promote these positive engagement activities. Also, to show how context influences this relationship, we compare different countries in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationContributions to Management Science
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages245-264
Number of pages20
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Publication series

NameContributions to Management Science
ISSN (Print)1431-1941
ISSN (Electronic)2197-716X

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s).

Keywords

  • Family supportive supervisor behavior (FSSB)
  • Father involvement
  • Manager support
  • Positive engagement activities

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