This paper suggests a linkage between work-life balance culture and competitive advantage through commitment and firm-specific human resources. The paper argues that a workplace culture supportive of employees balancing their work and non-work lives leads to their commitment to their...

The paper explores the effects of organisational change on UK managers' perceptions of their organisation and on their well-being. Cost reduction is the prime driver for change and has been implemented using delayering, redundancy, downsizing and off-shoring often supported by culture change...

In 2008, a report was commissioned by the European Commission (EC) outlining various policy matters in the field of family business within the auspices of the European Union (EU). Family-owned businesses make a significant contribution to Australia's economic and social welfare. The EC report...

Suddenly and unexpectedly, many workers had to change their work location to home during the COVID-19 pandemic that emerged at the end of 2019. Swiftly, the line between work and personal life got blurred and the home became a working and an educational place. These changes had a thumping impact...

Public policies that aim to achieve gender equality, improve work-life balance or combat harassment may have economic consequences, for example, through changes in the labour supply of women or other groups. Although there may be an increase in social awareness of these problems, a separate...

Las políticas públicas orientadas a lograr la igualdad de género, permitir una mayor conciliación de las actividades profesionales con la vida privada o luchar contra el acoso pueden tener consecuencias económicas; por ejemplo, a través de cambios en la oferta laboral de las mujeres u...

Using a panel data analysis, the study explores the influence of size of a firm, firm-performance, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) duality and management pattern on CEO compensation. The final sample for the study comprises of a total of 300 Indian companies over a period of three years (2007-08...

The document contains a chapter of a World Bank report on remittances, its development impact as well as future prospects. It was published in 2005. The articles originated in 2003 during a conference organized by the Department for International Development, IMF, and World Bank, in London.