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Maternal Emotions at Work: A Case Study of Ireland and India

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Emotional experiences associated specifically with maternal status at work are explored in a comparative case study of Ireland and India. Twenty‐four mothers working in the creative industries in Ireland and the IT sector in India were interviewed.
Anne O’ Brien, Ketoki Mazumdar
wiley   +1 more source

From Stigma to Support: Exploring Perceptions of Menstrual Leave Policies in European Workplaces

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Menstrual leave is an emerging reproductive health organizational policy gaining attention in Europe but research remains limited. Drawing on 45 semi‐structured interviews with menstruating and nonmenstruating workers in Croatia, Germany, and Italy, we applied thematic analysis to explore workplace perceptions of menstruation and menstrual ...
Paula E. Wasner, Lilith A. Whiley, Olivia A. Bettella, Carolina Maldonado, Sarah E. Stutterheim   +4 more
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Racialized and Sexualized Branding in Japan's Online Eikaiwa Industry: The Objectification of Female Eastern European Teachers

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how an online eikaiwa (English conversation) provider in Japan that employs only female Eastern European (particularly Ukrainian) teachers brands them through objectification. Analysis of textual and visual elements of the provider's website and related media, including videos, demonstrates that the teachers are ...
Misako Tajima
wiley   +1 more source

Translating coexistence: Inside Japan's public multilingualism

Japanese Journal of Sociology, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 152-170, March 2025.
Abstract Provision of translated material for both international residents and tourists is a key part of the work of public offices around Japan. The way in which this translation is viewed and carried out, and its relationship to dominant modes of conceptualizing multiculturalism, has not received much attention in the literature.
Gregory Friedman
wiley   +1 more source

Development Outcomes of Training for Online Freelancing in the Philippines

, 2019
Impact sourcing focuses on training and hiring people who would otherwise not be able to land a job in the outsourcing business. The Philippine Government has initiated a training program to prepare people for online freelancing in socio-economically ...
Brian Nicholson, Richard Heeks, Heeks, Richard; id_orcid, Karsten Eskelund, Eskelund, Karsten, Nicholson, Brian; id_orcid   +5 more
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Collective Bargaining in Germany: Trends and Challenges

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the evolution, institutional structure, and challenges of collective bargaining in Germany. Collective bargaining addresses labor market imperfections, redistributes productivity gains, and shapes working conditions. Germany's system centers on industry‐level agreements, complemented by firm‐level agreements and voluntary ...
Lutz Bellmann, Christian Dustmann, Bernd Fitzenberger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accelerating Platform User Growth: Pinduoduo's Multi‐Motivational Selfish Referral Strategy

Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Referral strategies, whereby existing platform users recruit new users and thereby strengthen same‐side network effects, have long been central to digital platforms' efforts to grow the installed user base. Current referral strategies often require the referee to complete a transaction as a prerequisite for the referrer to receive the reward ...
Runyu Shi, Panos Constantinides, Federico Iannacci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Work Experience, Job Satisfaction, Motivation and Intention to Stay Among Gig and Locum Nurses: A Mixed Methods Study

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To examine temporary registered nurses' job satisfaction, motivation, intent to stay and work experiences of gig or locum nursing roles. Design A two‐phase mixed methods study. Methods Participants were temporary registered nurses who engaged in gig or locum roles. In Phase I, a cross‐sectional quantitative study was carried out to examine
Yi Shu Kenric Tan, Khun Hean Choy, Joko Gunawan, Khairul Dzakirin Bin Rusli, Vivien K. G. Lim, Wei Ling Chua, Sok Ying Liaw, Wei How Darryl Ang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Freelance Journalism in the Emirati Media Ecosystem: Between Working Precarity, Forced Reality, and [Limited] Personal Choices

Journalism and Media
What are the working conditions of freelancers in national media organizations? To answer this question, this study investigates the working conditions of freelance journalists in the Emirati media ecosystem.
Fatima Ahmed Alawadhi, Jairo Alfonso Lugo-Ocando   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Productivity Effect of High Involvement Management: Causal Evidence From Germany

Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study empirically examines the effects of High Involvement Management (HIM) on establishment productivity. To achieve this it draws on a large‐scale panel data set representative of the German economy. The identification strategy exploits the bracketing property of fixed effects and lagged dependent variable models and supplements this ...
Johannes Lehmann
wiley   +1 more source