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Devaluation of female work participation with urbanization: a case of peri-urban Ahmedabad
Urban expansion of the Indian metropolitan cities has reached the rural peripheries. There have been social, economic, and environmental consequences...
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The Pandemic Crisis and Economic Engagement of Women: A Historical Enquiry on Implications of Catastrophes on Female Economic Participation
Any crisis, whether it be wars, natural calamities, or economic crisis, impact women more than men due to multiple interlinkages of socio-economic...
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Labor Market Circumstances of Older Workers Around the World
The issue of employment (and nonemployment) in later life has long been a focus among policy makers. This chapter uses wide range of international...
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Develo** an Ecological Model of Turnover Intent: Associations Among Child Welfare Caseworkers’ Characteristics, Lived Experience, Professional Attitudes, Agency Culture, and Proclivity to Leave
Almost a quarter of the child welfare workforce leaves their job each year, and despite clarion calls over the decades, our insights into dynamics...
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Spatial regularity in the distribution of female population and female workers: a study of Sehore Municipal Council, Madhya Pradesh (India)
Though the gender gap in workforce participation rate in India is already established, a lack of economic participatory power of females is becoming...
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Social Inequality in the Context of Gender: a Study of Rural West Bengal, India
Recent poor ranking of India in the Gender Inequality Index highlights the reality of gender-based discrimination. The article addressed social...
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Tales from the Dark Side of Technology Acceptance: The Dark Triad and the Technology Acceptance Model
With the dramatic shifts in the workforce that have emerged in the post–COVID-19 world, workers’ emotions have often presented very negatively,...
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Digital Health and Technology Adoption
The pursuit of the goal of ‘All for Health’ can be enabled by the adoption of ‘Digital Health’ and ‘Technology’ in all levels of care which can...
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The Social Body of Women: Patriarchal Ideology and Women-centred Kin Networks among Chinese Households in Malaysia
This chapter uses ethnographic descriptions of Malaysian Chinese women’s strategies and choices in childrearing and wage-earning activities within...
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“If I Had Stayed with My Husband, My Children Would Have No Future”: Breadwinner Womanhood in Urban Northern Tanzania
Over the past twenty years, women in northern Tanzania have increasingly chosen to become the sole providers for their families. They have either...
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Workplace flexibility, work–family interface, and psychological distress: differences by family caregiving obligations and gender
Drawing on data from the 2008 U.S. National Study of the Changing Workforce, this study (1) examines the associations between access to three types...
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Why Do Women Today Earn More Than Their Mothers, But Still Less Than Their Brothers? A Gendered Organization Perspective
Employees’ perceived fairness of their pay is critical for their satisfaction, commitment and job engagement. Women comprise nearly 50 per cent of...
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The Tangled Borders: Female Experiences of Violence and Care
This chapter summarizes and discusses the central themes and objectives of this book, explaining how “ultra-intensity patriarchy” materializes in the...
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Spatial variation in literacy among the Muslim population: a block level scenario of Uttar Dinajpur District, West Bengal, India
Literacy is one of the most essential qualitative criteria for an individual’s development and the socio-economic advancement of human society....
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Labor, Training and Careers in Tourism in Sardinia
In Sardinia, an Italian island region characterized by seasonal seaside tourism, wage labor in the tourism sector is very unstable, not only because...
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Does HIV/AIDS Prevalence Affect Labour Force Participation in Eastern African Countries? A Two-Stage Least Squares Approach
Despite extensive global and regional efforts to mitigate population growth and HIV/AIDS, these challenges persist, with East African countries...
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Psychological Self-Sufficiency and Financial Literacy among Low-Income Participants: An Empowerment-Based Approach to Financial Capability
Building on theory and research in financial capability, this study enhances a financial capability model by integrating psychological...
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Closing the Divide: Women Empowerment in Qatar Between Rhetoric and Reality
The Arab Gulf nations, including Qatar, have embraced women’s empowerment as a central aspect of their national development. Numerous initiatives...
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The Ethiopian Textile Industry: A Beacon of Hope or a Hotspot of Crisis?
This introduction to the edited volume Industrialization in Ethiopia: Awakening – Crisis – Outlooks. The Example of the Textile Industry offers a...
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Disentangling work–family conflict, support, and turnover intentions: quanti–quali mixed method approach
The turnover rate of Omani women in the private sector is high and employers face difficulties in retaining women productively in jobs. By assessing...
