Conciliación trabajo-familia en personal administrativo y de servicios de una institución de educación superior de Quito, en el año 2018

Abstract

The present investigation analyzes the incidence of the social context in the application of the policies of work-family reconciliation, in a higher education institution of Quito in 2018, through a qualitative methodology, which categorizes the analysis into three determined levels: macro, meso and micro. In; the macro, through a documentary analysis of the state policies and regulations in force in the country, with respect to work family reconciliation; at the meso level, it is evidenced through an analysis of the existing institutional policies and regulations on labor conciliation; and at the micro level, in reference to the particularity of the target group of the administrative and services area of the investigated institution through the application of a focus group, since in this way, individual positions are raised that enrich the study of the subject, determining data and findings, important for the construction of viable strategies, in order that these, effectively favor the reconciliation of work family, but in turn, serve as a reference in institutions of similar characteristics. Under these considerations, epistemological and ontological, positivist and moderate realist positions are considered, which determine a reflective nature of the conclusions. Those that are fundamentally related to the incidence of factors in the social context of the workplace, such as gender equity and work, in the adoption of work-life balance policies.