According to welfare state theories, access to maternity-leave programmes and child care aid women in pursuing high-level careers. Yet this is not the complete picture. While theories exploring public policy impacts highlight the contribution of welfare services to the relative productivity of...

The case studies and analyses developed in this timely book provide insight into the structural features of small and medium-sized firms in the information technology sector, and the implications of these features for the careers of people who are employed by them

Self-leadership is theoretically assumed to be the key management approach in modern knowledge work because it strengthens the employees' commitment. This study examines the relationship between self-leadership and affective organizational commitment empirically. An underlying assumption in the...

This paper explains how the Ruggie’s framework for corporate human rights performance may benefit from a relationship with the capability approach. The capability approach is found to fit nicely with both human rights and managerial perspectives. Among the many reciprocal contributions these...