International Center for Work and Family (ICWF)
Director: Mireia Las Heras
We promote corporate family responsibility in business, fostering the corporate leadership, culture, balance and flexibility that facilitate the integration of employees鈥� work, family and personal lives.
Objectives:
- To encourage an organizational culture focused on people.
- To develop the talent and leadership to facilitate the integration of work, family and personal lives.
- To create policies of balanced and equal opportunities through flexibility and the development of corporate family responsibility.
- To improve the environment in which career paths are developed, so people can lead a balanced work, family and personal life.
- To foster the commitment and satisfaction of workers, increasing business competitiveness and sustainability.
- To investigate, analyze and promote the professional advancement of women to achieve their full potential.
- To encourage public administrations to draft legislation and policies facilitating balance.
Research lines:
- Corporate family responsibility
- Excellence in Leadership
- Inclusiveness in Organizations
- Beyond Compliance
Join us for the 11th International Conference of Work and Family June 30 – July 1, 2025 in Barcelona
Past events and conferences.
Members.
Members.
Mar铆a Jos茅 Bosch
Associate Professor, ESE Business School
Yasin Rofcanin
Associate Professor, University of Bath
Research Assistants.
Research Assistants.
Jos茅 P茅rez
Research Assistant
Collaborators.
Publications
Journal Articles (refereed)
Journal Articles (refereed)
Working Papers
Working Papers
Proceedings
Proceedings
Books
Books
Edited books
Edited books
Book Chapters
Book Chapters
CHINCHILLA, N., MORAGAS FREIXA, M. (2014). Empresa, familia y sociedad. En Foro Empresarial de la Regi贸n de Murcia (Ed.), Humanismo empresarial y calidad directiva (pp. 67 - 75). Murcia: Fundaci贸n Educaci贸n y Desarrollo.
LAS HERAS, M., CHINCHILLA, N., JIMENEZ, E. (2014). Corporate Family Responsibility. In Dr Jacqui Griffiths (Ed.), Sean Nicklin, Ben Cornwell (Eds.), Family Futures (pp. 163 - 167). Leicester, UK: Tudor Rose.