Purpose: This article serves as an introduction to six articles featured in a special issue on diversity in the work–life interface. This collection of papers contains research that contemplates the work–life interface in different geographic and cultural contexts, that explores the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider recent changes to human resource management practices in South Korean firms (traditionally influenced by Confucian ideology) as they respond to the demands and pressures brought by liberalization and globalization. Design/methodology/approach...

Recently, scholars have attempted to apply the capabilities approach, as advanced by Amartya Sen, to the realm of labour. They argue that it provides a philosophical justification for a 'development' approach to labour regulation, supports the design of policies that promote workers' wellbeing...

China's fuzzy corporate governance rules (whether hard or soft) do not help company managers, government officials and others coordinate and cooperate - the raison d’etre for corporate governance rules. In a corporate system dominated by personal relationships and rules, clarity and...