... challenges that are involved. Design/methodology/approach The study applies the Boxall and Gilbert typology of company styles in the management of senior managers. A case‐study approach is used with data collected through interviews with directors, chief executive officers and senior managers in firms...

...‐making process used by executives for human resource programs, and perhaps other programs as well. Several authors and researchers have noted the importance of the chief executive in the adoption and implementation of work/life initiatives (Bankert and Googins, 1996 ; Budd, 1996 ; Hall, 1990...