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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Flexible Working"”.
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Flexible working: the experiences of women knowledge workers.
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Flexible working in charitable organisations: An exploration of barriers and opportunities.
… and furthers the embryonic understanding of flexible-working arrangements, formal and/or informal, within the charity sector with focus placed upon medium-sized charitable organizations (income threshold between £500k and £5 million) registered in England and Wales. A multi-method …
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Power dynamics in the long-term development of employee-friendly flexible working
… the long-term development of employee friendly flexible working, through understanding power dynamics between the individual and the organisation. It is argued that changes in the demographic composition of the workforce are altering the needs, attitudes and expectations of employees. At the …
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The neoliberal privation of risk and responsibility: the case of work-life balance and flexible working practices
… the field of work-life balance (WLB) and flexible working practices in the UK, it traces the manifestation of this imperative within and across the levels of the state, employer and employee. Part I begins by conceptually examining the response of the British state to the ‘new social risk’ …
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Rugalmas tanulás, rugalmas munkavégzés. Az ontológia alapú tartalommenedzsment lehetőségeinek kiaknázása = Flexible learning, flexible working. Exploiting the potentials of ontology based content management
A humánerőforrás-menedzsment (HRM) és az információs technológia (IT) által támogatott oktatás és képzés még soha nem állt egymáshoz olyan közel, mint napjainkban. Egy ideje a tudósok mindkét területen felfedezték azok kölcsönös függőségét. Egyre több publikáció foglalkozik a lehetséges …
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Spatial Recombination - The Geography of Architects’ Work and Workspaces in Guangzhou, China
… momentum during and post covid pandemic, as flexible working becomes widely accepted. However, the theory has never been properly reconciled with the fundamental ideas of urban agglomeration theory. Existing data on flexible working does not provide a clear picture on how each line of …
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An investigation of heterogeneous commuting mode choices through an Early Stopping Bayesian Data Assimilation approach
Flexible working patterns are developing fast since the Covid-19 pandemic. However, preceding the pandemic, a growing diversity of commuting behaviours existed among the population. Some of these behaviours may have served as trendsetters of commuting patterns that align with the emerging flexible …
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Flexible Work Arrangements in Greece: Theoretical Perspectives and Evidence from Employers and Employees
The thesis examines Flexible Work Arrangements (FWAs) in the Greek labour market and theoretical perspectives that may explain employers’ and employees’ perceptions of flexible working in Greece. Its objectives are: (1) to contribute to the sociology of work and labour economics literatures, by …
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Investigating the Relationship between Built Environment and Subjective Wellbeing
… growing flexibility and heterogeneity of modern working; iii) SWB is multi- dimensional and the measurement requires clear conceptualisation and robust instrument targeted at a specified research question or policy goal. This thesis aims to bridge these gaps by introducing a new analytical …
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Developing an Activity-Based Model for City-Scale Cross-Sectoral Energy and Carbon Emissions Management
Emerging working patterns (such as home-based and flexible working) are becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide, reshaping how urban residents allocate their time and interact with the built environment. These structural shifts are changing the spatial and temporal distribution of energy demand …
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Beyond work-family conflict: work-life balance supports for employees with differing family structures
… perceptions of supports for work-life balance. Flexible working is one of the main supports. In the UK the right to request flexible working policy was extended in 2014 from parents and carers to all employees, so examining perceptions of fairness in relation to employees with differing family …
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Returning to work after childbirth : an exploration of mothers’ experiences in the United Kingdom
… analysis of relevant policies in this area; flexible working and discriminatory practices, presents how women balance their work and home lives, with a particular emphasis on flexible working requests (FWR) and part-time work, and considers the penalties and inequities of doing so; childcare, …
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Fertility, age, and the motherhood wage penalty in South Africa
… policies, such as subsidized childcare, and flexible working options for mothers, would go a long way to reducing the wage penalty experienced by South African mothers.
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A PHENOMENOLOGICAL INQUIRY INTO THE MEANING OF WORK AS EXPERIENCED BY FINANCE FREELANCERS IN ONLINE LABOR MARKETPLACES
… warranted, findings suggest that, in a radically flexible working context, individuals who control variables such as tasks, time and location, tend to adopt a mindset focused on ongoing optimization and problem-solving. They set their own goals and manage resources, demands and uncertainty to …
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Solving security staff scheduling by using genetic algorithm
… different approaches. However, in the new era, flexible working hours is the latest trend compared with the traditional way, fixed working hours. Therefore, in this research, a flexible shift scheduling is studied because the scheduling problem should be humanized to follow the trend. But, it is …
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Ageing, health and retirement choices in a diverse workforce : a case study of a large private sector retail organisation
… if the correct conditions are in place such as flexible working arrangements or measures to improve employees’ enjoyment of their work. Health is a key predictor of retirement. Good health acts as an enabler to extending working life. This research aims to explore the factors that enable or …
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Time zone effects : the impact of human resource practices and cultural intelligence on global team outcomes
… not been developed to address the challenges of working in the global context. Research on virtual teams has long highlighted both physical as well as temporal distance as unique aspects of geographically distributed work that can have important implications for human resource management theory …
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Business process modelling and simulation with application to a start-up actuarial firm
… on productivity, (5) the impact of introducing a flexible working arrangement (flexitime). This was done through business process modelling and simulations. The business process we modelled was governed by numerous potentially complex inter-relationships between variables and inter-relationships, …
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Essays on Spatial Constraints and Gender Equality: the Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Work-from-Anywhere Dynamics and Gender Equality in Job Searches
… prompting an increase in the demand for flexible work formats. Utilizing data from over one million job seekers on an online employment platform, this research examines how the sudden wide availability of remote work options influenced job search activities differently across genders. …
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The Adoption of Teleworking as an innovative work practice by Small Business Enterprises in South Wales
This thesis examines Teleworking as an innovative practice in small business enterprises in South Wales and how they have embraced and applied it as an innovation tool as arguably, innovation is at the heart of any successful organisation especially in the light of the nascent emerging pro-cost …
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