... in Scotland. Patricia Findlay can be contacted at: patricia.findlay@strath.ac.uk 30 12 2025 06 03 2026 27 04 2026 05 05 2026 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Workplace Public policy Job quality Government...

... 2025 20 02 2026 15 04 2026 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Workplace Job quality Job satisfaction Fair work Good work CIPD’s Working Lives Scotland report has provided annual insights into job...

...Prakash Shrestha; Dilip Parajuli; Makshindra Thapa; Gyaneshwor Sharma; Bibek Raj Adhikari Purpose This paper aims to assess the decent work (DW) status in Nepalese workplaces. Design/methodology/approach It follows a descriptive-interpretative-qualitative method to assess the DW status...

...Tarek Mohamed Ali; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah; Bassant Adel Mostafa Purpose This study seeks to examine the mediating role of mental health issues in the workplace (MHIW) in explaining the complex relationship between person-organization-fit (P.O-fit) dimensions and workers' productivity (WP) variance...

...Fadi Alsarhan; Arwa Al-Twal Purpose The aim of this study is to understand the relationship between economic challenges, tribalism and the use of the wasta informal network in the workplace across Middle East and North Africa (MENA) organizations, with Jordanian public organizations taken...

... a comprehensive framework that incorporates a holistic understanding of the concept in the HR field. The paper offers scholars and organizations that struggle with engaging employees, a modern and practical perspective – one that helps organizations develop an in-depth understanding of today's workplaces...

... be recognized and rewarded (Karatepe, 2013). Teamwork refers to employees’ willingness to make cooperation in a group in the workplace (Coyle-Shapiro and Morrow, 2003). Teamwork makes employees have a better understanding of each other’s strengths and weaknesses and motivates them to reach high performance...

... quality; work organisation and workplace relationships; working conditions, work intensity and health and safety at work; and extrinsic rewards. Only inequality in the work-life balance dimension remained stable. Research limitations/implications The availability of more detailed microdata for other...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Workplace Employee relations Home care Migrant workers Abuse Older adults Rights Violence Immigration Long-term care Over the past few decades, the developed world has become increasingly dependent on the cheap labor force...

...Alicja Bobek; Camilla Devitt Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the ethnically diverse workplace in Irish hospitals by examining the perspectives of foreign- and Irish-born professionals and their managers. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured qualitative interviews with 30...

... and brilliantly composed by Oxfam. Instead, Ness writes: © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only --> Workplace Outsourcing Migrant workers Capitalist systems Transnational companies Trade union recognition Perhaps long before Gorz’s...

... (Hardy, 2009). Workplace Organizational change Trade unions Temporary workers Competitive accumulation and the incessant search for profits, drivers that lie deep in the structures of capitalism, render all work precarious. Three structural aspects that have a direct bearing...

... only Workplace Employee involvement Empowerment Employee participation Management activities Laws and legislation The literature from developed countries has shown the importance of management commitment in establishing effective OSHCs, although this factor has been conceptualised...

... participating in the survey. Findings It is found that employers support overwhelmingly recent legislative changes though there are variations across industries and firm sizes. There is also considerable variation in terms of which legislative changes are applied in the workplace. Despite fewer constraints...

.... Combining current conceptions of fun with the own research the authors categorize the complex notion of workplace fun into three clear categories: organic, managed and task fun. This tripartite conception of fun combines and extends current models of fun and collates earlier findings into a synthesized...

... Limited 2015 Workplace Personal health Stress Australia Strategic choices Health Attitudes Individual Queensland Organization Work-life balance (WLB) Wellbeing The purpose of this study is to investigate both individual and organisational factors relating to work-life balance...

...Michael J. Tews; John Michel; Shi Xu; Alex J. Drost Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to extend research on fun in the workplace by focussing on its relationship with job embeddedness among Millennials. This research examined the influence of four dimensions of fun, including fun activities...

... Publishing Limited 2014 Workplace Selection Recruitment Social media Stereotypes LinkedIn Social networks Hiring Selection biases The use of social networking sites (SNWs) as a tool for gathering information about potential employees has proliferated in recent years. One report...

...Anthony McDonnell; Julia Connell; Zeenobiyah Hannif; John Burgess Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to bridge a gap in the call centre literature by considering how individual employees perceive their level of voice over workplace decisions. The inclusion of direct voice mechanisms...

... the behavior of actors and their power relations. By placing the perspective of employees at the core of the analysis, the paper demonstrates that workplaces provide a major site of conflict and negotiation regarding dignity in cleaning work, but this dispute takes on different contours and sources of tension...