This paper examines the role of work-life balance practices (WLB) in explaining the “paradoxof the contented female worker”. After establishing that females report higher levels of jobsatisfaction than men in the UK, we test whether firm characteristics such as WLB andgender segregation...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how we work right now. Are you ready? In the past, robots were typically large pieces of machinery, sectioned off from human workers to perform precise, mechanical tasks on an assembly line. But now, bots and other AI technologies go far beyond this...

This paper analyses the evolution of the image of Western corporations asemployers in Japan since 1945. It shows how the changing perception of Westerncompanies in Japan has influenced their position in the Japanese labour market andtheir ability of successfully recruiting highly qualified...