Balancing Family and Work
Chairperson: Machiko OSAWA, Japan Women's University, Japan
Invited Papers:
Marie-Thérèse CHICHA, University of Montreal, Canada
Reducing the Gender Pay Gap: Are Pay Equity Laws Still Appropriate?
Patricia FOSH, Cardiff University, UK, Catherine W. NG, Hong Kong University Polytechnic, Hong Kong
Equal Opportunities for Women in Hong Kong: A Case Study
Helle HOLT, The Danish National Institute of Social Research, Denmark
Looking for a New Balance between Family Life and Working Life
Harish C. JAIN, McMaster University, Canada
Global Equity in the Twenty-First Century
Nobuhiko MAEDA, The Japan Institute of Labour (JIL), Japan
Harmonization between Family Responsibility and Work in Japan: Meaning of Child Care and Elderly Care for Working Woman
Iain ROSS, Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Australia
Balancing Work and Family Responsibilities - An Australian Perspective
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Labor Flexibility and Social Protection
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Eileen APPELBAUM, Economic Policy Institute, USA |
Invited Papers:
Carole BAETGE, Library Information Sevices of Western Australia, Bob HORSTMAN, Edith Cowan University, Australia
An Evaluation of Labour Flexibility Provisions in a Medium-Sized Public Sector Organisation
V. CHANDRA, C.S.Venkata RATNAM, International Management Insutitute, India
Building Fairness and Flexibility through Labour Management Partnerships
David MARSDEN, London School of Economics, Stephen FRENCH, Warwick University, Katsuyuki KUBO, London School of Economics, UK
Do Performance Pay Incentives Lead to Greater Job Flexibility? The Impact of Performance Related Pay on 'Salaried Internal Labour Markets'
Pekka PELTOLA, Ministry of Labour, Finland
6+6 Working Time Model: Reduced Working Time as a Tool in Reorganising Work Flexibly
Andrzej Marian SWIATKOWSKI, Jagiellonian University, Poland
New Designs for Promotion Labor Flexibility and Social Protection in Eastern and Central Europe
Caroline L. WEBER, Queen's University, Anil VERMA, University of Toronto, Canada
What Drives Different Types of Flexibility at the Establishment Level?: In Search of the Smoking Gun
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Labor Market Policy and the Creation of New Jobs
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Timo KAUPPINEN, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Ireland |
Invited Papers:
John BURGESS, Glenda STRACHAN, University of Newcastle, Australia
Employment Arrangements, Enterprise Bargaining and Gender in Small and Large Australian Workplaces
Anders HARKMAN, Anna JOHANSSON, Swedish National Labor Market Board, Sweden
Training or Subsidized Jobs - What Works?
Vai Io LO, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Employee Inventions and Works for Hire in Japan
Heikki RAISANEN, Ministry of Labour, Finland
Recruitment Problems: Reasons for Short-term Job Mismatch and Policies to Tackle It
Jay S. SIEGEL, Harvard Universtiy, USA
The Consequences of Public Policy toward the Older Worker in America and Japan under a Global Economy
Brenda C. SUN, London School of Economics, UK, Keyong DONG, Renmin University, China
Creating Jobs, Creating Workers: Enterprise Reform and Employment Strategies for Redundant Workers in the People's Republic of China
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Julien BARBARA, University of Melbourne, Australia, Social Protection in a Changing Labour Market - Building a New Institutional Architecture
Marie-Thérèse CHICHA, University of Montreal, Leroy O. STONE, Statistics Canada, Canada, Family Life, Work and Training: An Impossible Balance for Working Mothers?
Su-fen CHIU, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, The Determinants of Part-time Employment in Taiwan: Theory and Evidence
Malcolm S. COHEN, Employment Research Corporation, Mahmood A. ZAIDI, University of Minnesota, USA, Global Skill Shortages in the Twenty-first Century
Braham DABSCHECK, University of New South Wales, Australia, The Slow and Agonising Death of the Australian Experiment with Conciliation and Arbitration
Marco C. DE WITTE, Roel L.J. SCHOUTETEN, Universwity of Groningen, The Netherlands, The Quality of Work Revisited: The Changing Interface between Work and Family
Marco. C. DE WITTE, University of Groningen, Ronald BATENBURG, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, The Mismatch between Education and Labour: Overeducation and Displacement
Masago FUJIWARA, The University of Shimane, Japan, A Dynamic Analysis of the Influence of the Overtime Work on the Daily Life of Japanese White Color Workers
Richard Tabor GREENE, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, A New Forum of University - The Decade College - Based on Procedural Knowledge for Transforming Old Tech Employees into New Tech Venturers
Lionel-Henri GROULX, University of Montreal, Canada, The Social Assistance Reform in France and Qu_bec: A New Way of Managing Poverty?
Fredrik JANSSON, Arbetsmarknadsstyrelsen, Sweden, Rehires and Unemployment Duration - New Evidence of Temporary Layoffs on the Swedish Labour Market
Manik KHER, University of Pune, India, Economic Restructuring and Training
Yung-Pyung KIM, Jin-Kyu LEE, Sun-Woo LEE, Korea University, Korea, Study on the Interchange of Human Resources and Human Resource Management Policies Between Private Organizations and Public Organizations
Klemens KLEIMINGER, Désirée H. LADWIG, Michael E. DOMSCH, University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany, Part Time Work for Specialists and Executives
Ariane LADWIG, Désirée H. LADWIG, Michel E. DOMSCH,University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany, Foreign Assignments of Dual Career Couples
Morten LASSEN, Ann Vejlin JENSEN, Birgitte BAGGE, University of Aalborg, Denmark, Modern Steering of Vocational Training Programs
Jennifer LAURITSEN, University of Adelaide, Australia, Alternative Approaches to Employment Policy. The Role of National Governments in Reducing Unemployment and Economic Inequality
Suzan LEWIS, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Helen M. HOOTSMANS, Netherlands Telework Forum Research Group, The Netherlands, Bill MICHAELSON, University of Toronto, Canada, Judith SIXSMITH, Manchester Metropolitan University, UKWhen Work Comes Home
Uta B. LIEBERUM, Désirée H. LADWIG, Michel E. DOMSCH, University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany, Social Auditing - An European Model (Equal Opportunity and Reconciliation of Family and Work)
Jan Kees LOOISE, Maarten J. VAN RIEMSDIJK, Jan DE LEEDE, University of Twente, The Netherlands, Enabling Labour Flexibility, Two Cases in Point
Yoram MARGALIOTH, The Interdisciplinary Center, Israel, Child Support Systems Based on the Negative Income Tax Model Distort Tax Systems and Create a Disincentive to Participate in the Labor Market
Noah M. MELTZ, University of Toronto, Canada, Jacob WEISBERG, Bar Ilan University, Israel, The International Shift from an Inverse Relation between Unemployment and Education: Employment Policy Implications
Cesar M. MERCADO, Development Consultants for Asia Africa Pacific, Philippines, New Approach and Designs for Training and Retraining Workforce of the Future
Drago MEZNAR, University of Maribor, Slovenia, New Regulation of Employment Relations in Slovenia
Aslaug MIKKELSEN, Geir NYBO, Rogaland Research, Torvald ØGAARDStavanger University College, Norway, Changes in Human Resource Management: Replacing Job Description with a Skills and Knowledge Description
Christopher D. MLOSY, Tanzania Industrial Relations Association, Tanzania, Labour Market Policies in SADC Countries and Roles of the SADC Governments
Berenice NYLAND, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia, Changing Work Practices and the Link to Increased Child Poverty in Australia
Mauritz ROSSAVIK, Stavanger College, Norway, The Necessity of Teaming Turbo-capitalism
Amyra Moyzes SARSUR, Allan Claudius Queiroz BARBOSA, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Employability and Firms' Policies to Keep Workers- Case Study in Large Brazilian's Companies
Lawson SAVERY, Doug DAVIES, Curtin University of Technology, Australia, Tuk Wah WONG, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), Singapore, A Response to Economic Problems: A Comparison of Training Strategies and Policies Between Australia and Singapore
Arnold SIBANDA, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, The State and Social Partners : Protecting Workers' Welfare in Zimbabwe
Matti SIHTO, Ministry of Labour, Finland, Older Workers in the Labour Market Possibilities and Necessities of a New Strategy
Pravin SINHA, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, India, Preparing Unions in South Asia for the 21st Century
John Houman SØRENSEN, Birgitte BAGGE, University of Aalborg, Denmark, Continued Vocational Training - Primacy of Industrial Modernisation or of Welfare Politics? - or How Will the Balance between the Political Targets of Labour Market Policies Change?
G. SUBBAYAMMA, Indira Ghandi National Open University, India, Looking for a New Balance Between Family Life and Work: The Indian Experience
Claudia WEBER, University of Kassel, Germany, Does Flexibilization Enhance Women's Job Opportunities? -A German-Japanese Comparison
Kazuko YOKOYAMA, Toyo Gakuen University, Japan, Employment of Women and the Role of Public Policy -The Experiences of the United Nations and Some Developed Countries -
Masae YUASA, Hiroshima City University, Japan, Globalisation and Flexibility of the Textile/Apparel Industry in Japan
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