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The topic of WLB has gained wide academic and public attention in recent times. However, an emergent critical perspective signifies the problematic nature of the WLB discourse (e.g., Fleetwood, 2007; Lewis et al., 2007). One problem is that much of the current work-life debates and research tend to focus on workers who have caring and/or other family responsibilities, thereby confining our understanding of work and personal life experiences to a particular demographic cohort and phase in the life course. Nevertheless, the WLB discourse is part of a wider context in which today’s young people, not yet in the workforce, develop impressions of what employment will entail.
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Of the 30 participants, 15 were British-born and 15 were Asian-born graduates. In the latter group, the nationalities of graduates included (in alphabetical order) Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Malaysian, Singaporean, and Thai.
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Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U., Lewis, S. (2011). From ‘Balancers’ to ‘Integrators’? Young Professionals’ Talk About ‘Work’ and the Rest of ‘Life’ in the UK. In: Kaiser, S., Ringlstetter, M., Eikhof, D., Pina e Cunha, M. (eds) Creating Balance?. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16199-5_3
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