Overview
- Assesses the work-life balance debate across the African continent, its diversity and common challenges
- Includes studies of work-life balance from a number of African countries
- Underpinned by a critical approach to understanding how people manage their work and non-work domains
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About this book
Work-life balance has drawn much attention from academic researchers, professionals, and politicians over the past two decades. However, despite the increased interest globally, there has been an under-representation of academic work on work-life balance across the African continent. So, this book serves as a collection of cases from various contexts across Africa and an exploration of the challenges and how best to manage human resources in this ‘Mother Continent’ with phenomenal potential.
The book’s contributions draw on various types of research (conceptual, theoretical and empirical) and incorporate contextual issues such as technology, politics, culture, and economics to supplement the readers’ insights into the varying work-life balance experiences in African countries. By highlighting theoretical underpinnings and emphasising the practical relevance of issues related to managing work and non-work commitments, this book will offer an insightful guide for students andscholars interested in Business Management, Human Resource Management, Sociology of Work, and Industrial and Organisational Psychology in developing economies.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Hakeem Adeniyi Ajonbadi is the Course Director of the MSc Management and lectures in International Human Resource Management and Organisational Development at Birmingham City University, UK. His research addresses the challenges of labour market segmentation, organisation flexibility, work-life balance, and social relations of production. He has taught in several countries, including the UK, the UAE, Belgium and Nigeria. He has published widely in books and journals.
Chima Mordi is a Reader/Associate Professor in the College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences at Brunel University, UK. His research examines international business in emerging and developing markets, including the state of labour relations, comparative HRM in Africa, Asia and Middle Eastern countries, employer’s flexibility, the regulation of workloads in large firms, and work-life balance of white collar-workers.
Olatunji David Adekoya is a Senior Lecturer at the College of Business, Technology and Engineering, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. His research examines HRM in African countries, with a strong focus on work-life balance, organisational flexibility and employment relations. He has published widely in books and journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Work-Life Balance in Africa
Book Subtitle: A Critical Approach
Editors: Hakeem Adeniyi Ajonbadi, Chima Mordi, Olatunji David Adekoya
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38008-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-38007-5Published: 15 October 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-38010-5Due: 28 October 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-38008-2Published: 13 October 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 277
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Resource Management, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Sociology of Work