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enriching environment, 31 per cent in a favourable environ-
ment). The remaining 54 per cent work in environments that
are difficult and hostile towards family and integration (41
per cent in an unfavourable environment and 13 per cent in a
polluted environment).
The results around the world confirm that people who have
their supervisor’s support, access to conciliatory policies and
an environment culture that is favourable to CFR have:
• fewer intentions to leave the company – only 5 per cent
of those in an enriching environment claim to intend
leaving their current organization, compared with 50 per
cent of those in a polluted environment
• higher satisfaction with work-family balance – 16 per cent
of people in a polluted environment claim to be satisfied
with the way they integrate work and family, while 60
per cent of those working in enriching environments are
satisfied with their conciliation
• more productivity – in an enriching environment people
are 19 per cent more productive than those who work in
polluted environments
• higher perception of company support – 88 per cent
of workers in enriching environments perceive that the
company supports them, compared with 26 per cent
of people in environments that are difficult for them to
reconcile
• better health – 78 per cent of respondents express general
good health when in an enriching environment, compared
with 55 per cent of those in a polluted environment:
– when employees have to take care of young children
and their environment is enriching, their health is 40
per cent better than that of those who take care of their
children and are in a polluted environments
– employees who care for dependent parents and work in
environments that allow them to reconcile say they enjoy
excellent health; 71 per cent more than those in the same
circumstances who work in polluted environments
• more dedication to their young children – on a weekly
basis, people in enriching environments dedicate 21 per
cent more time to having dinner with their children, 32
per cent more time to playing with them and 37 per cent
more time to reading together, than those in polluted
working environments
• better quality of life – 83 per cent of people in polluted
environments consider themselves to have poor quality
of life, while 54 per cent of people whose environment is
enriching perceive a high quality of life.
In general terms, the results by continent show the same trend as
those mentioned above. It is worth highlighting that in Africa,
1
73 per cent of the people who work in enriching environments
appear to have a high level of quality of life, compared with
23 per cent of those in environments that make conciliation
difficult. In Asia,
2
none of the people working in an enriching
environment intend to leave the company, compared with 45
per cent of the people in polluted environments. In Europe,
3
3
per cent of people in polluted environments perceive support
from the company, compared to 87 per cent of those in an envi-
ronment that allows them to reconcile. Latin America
4
provided
several interesting results. In Ecuador, 16 per cent of those who
work in polluted environments have a higher intention to leave
IESE meets with companies to talk about CFR. From left, Nuria Chinchilla, IESE Professor; Antonio Gonzalez-Barros, founder and CEO of Intercom; Enrique Valer,
CEO of Schneider Electric Spain and Latin America; Joaquin Borrás, CEO of ISS Facility Management in Spain; and Vicente Ruiz, founder and CEO of RNB Cosmetics
Image: ICWF