This chapter explores the intersection between human resource management (HRM) and personnel management within the Mauritian context. Mauritius, with its globally integrated and dynamic economy, sees both public and private sectors striving to remain competitive while contributing to sustainable...

This research explores career trajectories within the gig economy, identifying three distinct paths: antagonistic, non-committed, and entrepreneurial. Each trajectory is shaped by personal motivations, adaptability, and market pressures, intersecting with the inherent constraints of the gig...

Internal migration in Nigeria is driven by low agricultural productivity, low income, land scarcity, poor socio-economic structures, and more. Beyond the health implications of COVID-19, the pandemic brought additional complexity to internal migrants’ livelihoods. We assessed the extent to...

A recurrent question in the human sciences concerns whether Islam and capitalism are compatible. Following Weber's germinal account of the role that Protestantism played in creating the conditions of possibility for what he termed the “spirit of capitalism,” the compatibility of other...

This chapter is a longitudinal study of a major U.S. military downsizing, restructuring, and closure process in the U.S. Department of Defense, which began on July 13, 1995, when President William J. Clinton sent the BRAC ’95 Order to the U.S. Congress. Included on the list was the San Antonio...

As of 2024, global Islamic finance assets have soared to nearly US$6 trillion, reflecting the sector's expansive range of products, services, and solutions across different regions. This growth has brought into sharp focus the previously indistinct connection between Islamic finance and...

This chapter explores the relevance of polycentrism in governance debates within non-democratic societies, using Confucianism in East Asia as a case study. It considers how polycentrism, which claims to be pluralistic, might be perceived in a world where democracy's universal value is...

This entry links diverse bodies of scholarship on ‘making’ with economic anthropology: making objects (through technology), making futures (through innovation), and making ‘plenitude’ (through self-making and collaborative economic relations). It is a broad palette, which the entry...