
Overview
- Provides a critical overview of the concept and practice of employee wellbeing in the Global South
- Includes conceptual and empirical studies on employee wellbeing, as well as a thorough literature review
- Adopts a critical lens on the suppression of employee wellbeing in employment relations
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In an increasingly globalised world, an understanding of the diversity in the concept and practice of employee wellbeing, how it is presented, experienced, regulated and contested, is particularly vital. This contributed volume presents studies from African, Asian and South American countries to paint a picture of employee wellbeing in the Global South, including the commonalities and points of difference across that broad context.
The chapters not only capture the significance and impacts of contexts and cultures, but also, the different institutional environments that enhance or suppress employee wellbeing in employment relations. With a critical lens, this book explains how assumptions should not be made of employee wellbeing without a knowledge of the regional, national or local context. It will be of great interest to scholars and students of HRM, work and employment and international business.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Emeka Smart Oruh is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at Brunel University London, UK. Previously, he lectured at the University of Portsmouth School of Business and Law, UK. His key research examines organisational behaviour, employee relations and HRM, particularly in emerging and developing markets. He has published widely in books and journals.
Toyin Ajibade Adisa is an Associate Professor in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at the University of East London, UK. He teaches and researches issues in comparative HRM, employment relations and reforms in emerging and developing economies. His primary research interests lie in the broad academic disciplines of human resource management, workplace behaviour, and employee relations. He is particularly interested in African HRM practices and policies and contemporary Sub-Saharan African employment relations. He has published widely in books and journals.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Employee Wellbeing in the Global South
Book Subtitle: A Critical Overview
Editors: Emeka Smart Oruh, Toyin Ajibade Adisa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63249-5
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 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-63248-8Published: 28 July 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-63251-8Due: 11 August 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-63249-5Published: 27 July 2024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 273
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Employee Health and Wellbeing, Human Resource Management, African Business