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’ 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

Upcoming conferences.

5th International Conference of Women and Leadership
11th International Conference of Work and Family

Join us for the 11th International Conference of Work and Family June 30 - July 1, 2025 in Barcelona

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Past events and conferences.

4th International Conference of Women and Leadership
10th International Conference of Work and Family
I Jornada sobre empresa, familia y sociedad

Director.

Mireia Las Heras

Mireia Las Heras

Professor

Managing People in Organizations

Members.

María José Bosch

María José Bosch

Associate Professor, ESE Business School

Yasin Rofcanin

Yasin Rofcanin

Associate Professor, University of Bath

Research Assistants.

José Pérez

José Pérez

Research Assistant

Founder.

Nuria Chinchilla

Nuria Chinchilla

Professor

Managing People in Organizations

Collaborators.

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Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

STOLLBERGER, J., LAS HERAS, M., ROFCANIN, Y. (2022). Sharing is caring. The role of compassionate love for sharing coworker work–family support at home to promote partners’ creativity at work. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107 (10), 1824-1842. doi:10.1037/apl0000985. ROFCANIN, Y., LAS HERAS, M., BOSCH, M. J., STOLLBERGER, J., MAYER, M. (2021). How do weekly obtained task i-deals improve work performance?. The role of relational context and structural job resources. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 30 (4), 555-565. doi:10.1080/1359432X.2020.1833858. BÖREKÇI, D., ROFCANIN, Y., LAS HERAS, M., BERBER, A. (2021). Deconstructing Organizational Resilience. A Multiple-Case Study. Journal of Management & Organization, 27 (3), 422-441. doi:10.1017/jmo.2018.72. ROFCANIN, Y., LAS HERAS, M., BOSCH, M. J., BERBER, A., MUGHAL, F., OZTURK, M. (2021). Servant leadership and family supportiveness. Looking into employees’ work and family outcomes. Journal of Business Research, 128, 70-82. doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.01.052. LAS HERAS, M., ROFCANIN, Y., ESCRIBANO, P. I., KIM, S., MAYER, M. (2021). Family‐supportive organisational culture, work–family balance satisfaction and government effectiveness. Evidence from four countries. Human Resource Management Journal, 31 (2), 454-475. doi:10.1111/1748-8583.12317. STOLLBERGER, J., BOSCH, M. J., LAS HERAS, M., ROFCANIN, Y., DAHER, P. (2020). The tone at the top. A trickle-down model of how manager anger relates to employee moral behaviour. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29 (6), 907-921. doi:DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2020.1804876. MARESCAUX, E., ROFCANIN, Y., LAS HERAS, M., ILIES, R., BOSCH, M. J. (2020). When employees and supervisors (do not) see eye to eye on family supportive supervisor behaviours. The role of segmentation desire and work-family culture. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 121, Article 103471. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2020.103471. ROFCANIN, Y., LAS HERAS, M., ESCRIBANO PINTO, P., STANKO, T. (2020). FSSBs and Elderly Care. Exploring the Role of Organizational Context on Employees' Overall Health and Work-Family Balance Satisfaction. Journal of Business and Psychology, 35 (3), 403 - 419. doi:10.1007/s10869-019-09629-8. KELLY, C. M., ROFCANIN, Y., LAS HERAS, M., OGBONNAYA, C., MARESCAUX, E., BOSCH, M. J. (2020). Seeking an "i-deal" balance: Schedule-flexibility i-deals as mediating mechanisms between supervisor emotional support and employee work and home performance. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 118. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2019.103369. ROFCANIN, Y., BAKKER, A. B., BERBER, A., GÖLGECI, I., LAS HERAS, M. (2019). Relational Job Crafting: Exploring the Role of Employee Motives with a Weekly Diary Study. Human Relations, 72 (4), 859 - 866. doi:10.1177/0018726718779121.

Working Papers

CHINCHILLA, N., LEÓN, C., TORRES E., CANELA, M. Á. (2006). Career inhibitors and career enablers for executive women (DI-632-E). CHINCHILLA, N., LEÓN, C., TORRES E., CANELA, M. Á. (2006). Frenos e impulsores en la trayectoria profesional de las mujeres directivas (DI-632).

Proceedings

MARESCAUX, E., ROFCANIN, Y., LAS HERAS, M. (2018). Seeing eye to eye on family supportive supervisor behaviors. The impact on employee outcomes. The 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management: Improving Lives. Academy of Management Proceedings.

Articles in other publications

LAS HERAS, M. (2021). Mejorar nuestro bienestar adoptando una actitud lúdica en el trabajo. Harvard Deusto Business Review (307), pp. 32-33. CHINCHILLA, N., JIMENEZ, E. (2015). El papel de la mujer en la empresa. Economia Exterior: estudios de la revista Política Exterior sobre la internacionalización de la economía (72), pp. 99 - 105. CHINCHILLA, N., JIMÉNEZ, E. (2014). Crisis de confianza. Responsabilidad Familiar Corporativa (RFC). Ekos Negocios (240), pp. 32 - 34. CHINCHILLA, N., LAS HERAS, M., JIMENEZ, E. (2014). Corporate Family Responsibility (CFR): An urgent need for Europe in the International Year of the Family. The Parliament Magazine (382), pp. 46 - 47. LAS HERAS, M. (2012). Career Track R.I.P.. Multiple Avenues to Career Building. Rotman Magazine, pp. 64 - 69.

Books

CHINCHILLA, N., MORAGAS FREIXA, M. (2013). Masters of Our Destiny. Barañain: Eunsa. CHINCHILLA, N., MORAGAS FREIXA, M. (2009). Senhores do Nosso Destino. Lisboa: Aletheia Editores. CHINCHILLA, N., MORAGAS FREIXA, M. (2008). Masters of Our Destiny. Barañain: Eunsa. CHINCHILLA, N., MORAGAS FREIXA, M. (2007). Dueños de nuestro destino. Cómo conciliar la vida profesional, familiar y personal. Barcelona: Ariel. CHINCHILLA, N., POELMANS, S., LEÓN, C., TARRÉS, J. B. (2005). Guía de buenas prácticas de la empresa flexible. Hacia la conciliación de la vida laboral, familiar y personal - 2005. Barcelona: IESE.

Edited books

LAS HERAS, M., GRAU GRAU, M., ROFCANIN, Y. (2022). Human Flourishing. A Multidisciplinary perspective on neuroscience, health, organizations and arts. Cham: Springer International Publishing. GRAU, M., LAS HERAS, M., RILEY BOWLES, H. (2022). Engaged fatherhood for men, families and gender equality. Healthcare, social policy, and work perspectives. Cham: Springer International Publishing. POELMANS, S., GREENHAUS, J., LAS HERAS, M. (2013). Expanding the Boundaries of Work-Family Research. A Vision for the Future. Basingstoke [England]: Palgrave Macmillan. DEBELJUH, P., LAS HERAS, M. (2010). Mujer y liderazgo. construyendo desde la complementariedad. México: LID Editorial Mexicana. CHINCHILLA, N., LAS HERAS, M., MASUDA, A. D. (2009). Balancing Work and Family. A Practical Guide to Help Organizations Meet the Global Workforce Challenge. United States: HRD Press Inc.

Book Chapters

LAS HERAS, M., GRAU, M. (2017). Women in Management in Spain. In Ronald J Burke and Astrid M. Richardsen (Ed.), Women in Management Worldwide: Signs of progress (pp. 78 - 90). Abingdon, Oxon ; New York: Routledge. CHINCHILLA, N., MORAGAS FREIXA, M. (2014). Empresa, familia y sociedad. En Foro Empresarial de la Región de Murcia (Ed.), Humanismo empresarial y calidad directiva (pp. 67 - 75). Murcia: Fundación Educación 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. HALL, D. T., LAS HERAS, M. (2011). Personal growth through career work: A positive approach to careers. In Kim S. Cameron and Gretchen M. Spreitzer (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of positive organizational scholarship (pp. 507 - 519). Cape Town: Oxford University Press. BRISCOE, J. P., HALL, D. T., LAS HERAS, M., UNITE, J. (2011). Careers in the United States. In Jon P. Briscoe, Douglas T. Hall and Wolfgang Mayrhofer (Eds.), Careers around the world: Individual and Contextual Perspectives (pp. 355 - 370).

Studies

LAS HERAS M., M., GIFRA, J. (2021). Un lugar de trabajo sostenible: hacia un modelo remoto y presencial. IESE. LAS HERAS M., M., GIFRA, J. (2021). A Sustainable Work Model: Towards Remote and in the Office Work. IESE. LAS HERAS, M., BARRAZA, M., VEGAS, B. (2020). Mujeres y hombres en trabajo en remoto: Cómo, cuándo y quién. Beneficios para la empresa, la sociedad y las personas. LAS HERAS, M., BARRAZA, M., RODRIGUEZ, A. (2020). Mujeres y hombres trabajando en remoto durante COVID-19. LAS HERAS, M., BARRAZA, M., ROFCANIN, Y. (2020). Trabajo en remoto en condiciones extraordinarias (COVID-19).

Cases

LAS HERAS, M., PÉREZ DEL VALLE, J., SASTRE BOQUET, I. (2024). Castellers: el reto de tocar el cielo. IESE, DPOI-10. LAS HERAS, M., PÉREZ DEL VALLE, J., SASTRE BOQUET, I. (2024). Castellers: The challenge of touching the sky. IESE, DPOI-10-E. LAS HERAS, M., PÉREZ DEL VALLE, J., SASTRE BOQUET, I. (2024). Castellers: The challenge of touching the sky. IESE, DPO-868-E. LAS HERAS, M., PÉREZ DEL VALLE, J., SASTRE BOQUET, I. (2024). Castellers: el reto de tocar el cielo. IESE, DPO-868. LAS HERAS, M., SASTRE BOQUET, I., PÉREZ DEL VALLE, J. (2024). Basetis: diseñanado un sistema salarial para une empresa sin jefes (B). IESE, DPOI-7.

Technical Notes

LAS HERAS, M., PÉREZ DEL VALLE, J. (2024). Self-managed organizations. IESE, DPON-365-E. LAS HERAS, M., PÉREZ DEL VALLE, J. (2024). Las empresas autogestionadas. IESE, DPON-365. LÓPEZ-JURADO, M., JIMENEZ, E., CHINCHILLA, N. (2014). Juan Antonio Pérez López y la dirección de empresas. IESE, DPON-120. CHINCHILLA, N., JIMENEZ, E. (2014). La responsabilidad familiar corporativa, núcleo de la responsabilidad social. IESE, DPON-119. CHINCHILLA, N., JIMENEZ, E. (2014). Corporate Family Responsibility: The Core of Social Responsibility. IESE, DPON-119-E.