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Rest “is for wimps” – or so many would have us believe. In a world where “time is money” and there “aren’t enough hours in the day”, hard-working people are sleeping less and working more. This in itself…
At the end of this month Australia’s Productivity Commission will issue the final report of its inquiry into Early Childhood Education and Care. The inquiry was limited from the outset by the requirement…
It was meant to be a new dawn. Since June 30 this year all UK employees have been granted the right to request flexible working. It is clearly an important step in the battle to achieve some…
It’s Work-Life Week, when employers and employees are asked to think about how they juggle their working lives and to perhaps try to strike a balance. In the UK, we’re more likely than others in neighbouring…
According to NatCen research, British fathers are among the worst in Europe at making time for their families. Spending huge amounts of time at work is seen as a sign of discipline and commitment, while…
Information overload has become an everyday experience for anyone who works with computers, owns a smartphone or waits at a bus stop with minute-by-minute updates about arrival times. And this information…
From humble beginnings, the coworking movement has exploded to an estimated 3000 spaces around the world, with hundreds of thousands of people choosing to ditch the home or corporate office in favour of…
I recently asked my University of Melbourne undergraduates to answer the following hypothetical: your child is sick at school. Who would usually pick him or her up? Their response was as expected – a third…
Welcome to the Future of Work, a series from The Conversation that looks at the ongoing evolution of the workplace. Today, Monash University’s Anne Bardoel looks at technology and the threat it poses to…
Welcome to the Future of Work, a series from The Conversation that looks at the ongoing evolution of the workplace. Today, University of South Australia’s Barbara Pocock looks at the rise of freelance…
In a country where our households are giving more time to paid work, the issue of how we spend our time – and the amount we give to work and with what effect – is of growing significance. This is what…
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Associate Professor Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, Podcast at MissPerceived, The University of Melbourne
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Dean's Chair in Management and Māori Business, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Management, Deakin University
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Professor and Lincoln Professor of Ethics in Public Affairs, Arizona State University
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Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, University of Manchester
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Emeritus Professor University of South Australia, Adelaide University
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PhD Candidate in Anthropology, UCL
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Director of the King's Global Institute for Women's Leadership, Professor of Work and Employment, King's College London
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Professor of Quantitative Social Science, UCL
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Professor of Organizational Behaviour, University of Guelph
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Professor and Head, Department of Marketing, Griffith University
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Adjunct Professor, Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Head of School (Research), UniSQ School of Business, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor in Marketing, Griffith University