This article examines the role of workforce planning in organisations and notes the
increasing importance of effective planning to ensure an organisation has sufficient staff …

The management of the" work-life balance" has become an increasingly important issue in
Ireland in recent years as a result of various changes in the social and economic context …

This chapter examines developments in working time and work‐life balance, investigating,
in particular, human resource policy making in this area. The key labour market trends are …

Strategies for improving work-life balance have traditionally related to changes to work
scheduling and location of work. In this paper we argue that a missing approach is to …

This article details research on work/life balance conducted at a large multinational
organisation. Findings from this study help to delineate current approaches to flexibility …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to make the case for strategic workforce planning and
to outline the key steps involved. Design/methodology/approach–The paper begins with a …

Work–life balance is an issue that currently has a high public profile. The publication of
books such as Arlie Russell Hochschild's Time Bind (1997) and Madeline Bunting's Willing …

Workforce planning remains an underutilized and appreciated process in the HR
armamentarium, and yet the need for strategic workforce planning and execution of …

Work-life balance may not be of organisational importance as other areas in the current
economic recession with a labour market abundant in skills. Flexibility contributes to …

Work-life balance (WLB) is very pertinent in human resources management. This is the case
also in the management of organizations, including the private sector of Equatorial Guinea …