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Hughes, Nicola - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 39 (2007) 5, pp. 281-284

Purpose – The purpose of this case study is to highlight to individuals and businesses the importance of work‐life balance and how it can have a massive impact on one's daily life. It aims to describe the pitfalls of not having a policy in place and also how a business can go about...

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Local planning for sustainable development

Saunders, Caroline; Dalziel, Paul - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 4 (2010) 3, pp. 252-267

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how a “capital‐based” framework can be used by a small local government to plan sustainable development to promote the social, economic, environmental and cultural well‐being of their communities. Design/methodology/approach – This...

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Placing well‐being and participation within processes of urban regeneration

Woolrych, Ryan; Sixsmith, Judith - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 26 (2013) 3, pp. 216-231

Purpose – The concepts of well‐being and participation are prevalent in current regeneration policy, being seen as crucial to alleviating disadvantage and marginalisation in deprived communities. However little is understood about how such ambiguous concepts are articulated within urban...

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Improving the quality of life with CPTED methodology: high-rise housing in Widzew, Łódź

Klima, Ewa; Janiszewska, Anna; Grabski, Lech; … - In: Journal of Place Management and Development 9 (2016) 2, pp. 210-223

Purpose The social context in Polish high-rise neighbourhoods varies from one in Western Europe. This typology is not associated with social housing and the ownership of the dwellings mixed. Moreover, nearly half of the population of Poland lives in this type of real estates. Sociological...

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What is the role of place attachment and quality of life outcomes in employee retention?

Finocchiaro, Patrick Anthony - In: Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 14 (2022) 3, pp. 261-273

Purpose Maintaining human capital in the hotel industry is challenging due to high turnover. Through the implementation of circular economy theory, hotels are finding that human capital retention can be achieved via Quality of Life (QOL) outcomes by providing Corporate Social Resposibility (CSR)...

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Towards sustainability in hospitality operations: how is quality of life and work–life balance related?

Rivera Aguilar, Jesus Ernesto; Zang, Lisha; Fushimi, Shio - In: Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 14 (2022) 3, pp. 274-285

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how quality-of-life (QoL) provisions can be integrated with the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of hospitality firms and the influence of CSR initiatives on quality of working life (QWL) and the circular economy....

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How do corporate charitable and economic social responsibility practices help to improve the quality of work life for employees?

Pham, Quy Minh; Dhir, Mohit; Carrier Guillomet, Thomas - In: Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 14 (2022) 3, pp. 300-311

Purpose The study compares the corporate social responsibility (CSR) actions of two sectors of hospitality, tourism and travel (hotels and airlines) by researching what Six Sense hotels (a hotel brand) and Air Canada (an airline company) have been doing in order to respond to the 17 Sustainable...

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How can aspects of quality of life be incorporated into corporate social responsibility strategies to achieve work life balance?

Zheng, Jenny - In: Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 14 (2022) 3, pp. 210-220

with transparent reporting tend to enhance employee job satisfaction and quality of work life (QWL). It draws on the …

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Identifying potential wellbeing tourism segments in Finland

Konu, Henna - In: Tourism Review 65 (2010) 2, pp. 41-51

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify potential Finnish wellbeing tourism segments based on factors connected to tourists' lifestyles, and find out if there are statistically significant differences between the segments concerning demographic factors, factors related to travelling...

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Does TQM influence employees' job satisfaction? An empirical case analysis

Boon Ooi, Keng; Abu Bakar, Nooh; Arumugam, Veeri; … - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 24 (2007) 1, pp. 62-77

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine employees' perceptions of TQM practices and its impact on job satisfaction within … overall job satisfaction. Data were analyzed by employing correlation and multiple regression analysis. Findings – The results … employees' job satisfaction. It is also found that, where teamwork was perceived as a dominant TQM practice, improvements in job …

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