Why don't employees use family‐friendly work practices?

Despite the growing availability of family‐friendly work practices (FFWPs), employees are sometimes reluctant to use them. One factor reportedly contributing to this is a work culture that discourages people accessing their entitlements. The purpose of the study in this paper was to explore the efficacy of McDonalds’ model that accounts for the gap between the availability and usage of FFWPs. The five dimensions of this model are managerial...