Zusammenfassung Der Wettkampf auf dem touristischen Markt wird immer härter, sodass Mitarbeiter und besonders deren soft skills zum entscheidenden Faktor für die Gästezufriedenheit werden. Was verlangt dieser Anspruch von den Mitarbeitern, wie gehen diese mit den Anforderungen um und was...

Zusammenfassung Der Beitrag untersucht das Bild der Deutschen vom Gardasee in der Phase der Durchsetzung des Massentourismus in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Der Gardasee war eine der ersten Auslandsdestinationen und ein wichtiges Scharnier zwischen Bildungs- und Badeurlaub, Alpen-...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of cantonal social policies and cultural settings (in Switzerland) on women’s and men’s employment behaviour. Special consideration is given to the transition to parenthood. Design/methodology/approach – Based on data from the...

Summary The traditional Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reflects the money value of the annual economic output produced by the domestic industries’ employees. Thus, the GDP fully accounts for paid work. In contrast, unpaid work remains unconsidered. However, measured in time units, unpaid work...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore various concepts of time and temporal dimensions in the context of everyday reading experiences. Design/methodology/approach The study uses theoretical bricolage that puts existing reading research into conversation with theories of time and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose an “extended conceptualization of the business case” including both organizational characteristics and institutional conditions to analyse employer involvement in extra statutory childcare and leave arrangements. Special attention is given...

In Australia, the child care industry has experienced substantial growth since 1991 resulting in a proliferation of child care centres throughout the country, to the point where supply of child care places is now in excess of demand. As a result, child care marketers now compete within a...

Purpose – This study seeks systematically to investigate the extent to which the documented aims of formal work‐family policies are being achieved at the level of individual employees. Design/methodology/approach – Consistency between policy and practice in the case study organization was...