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Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-100).

Banyan Work Health Solutions is a national provider of rehabilitation case management services. Banyan's workforce are mainly independent contractors, and its structure is virtual. In 2012, Banyan experienced its highest growth ever, and also set ambitious targets for the next five years. Banyan assumed that high engagement would lead to high results, and wanted to understand what factors promoted high engagement in its top-performing Work Health Consultants. Through the use of action research, and specifically through the deployment of an engagement survey and focus groups, this inquiry identified factors promoting engagement in that community. Research sub-questions related to determining the current state of engagement and actions Banyan could take to enhance engagement. Findings confirmed high engagement in general, but low engagement in lower-tenure consultants. Recommendations suggested Banyan's leadership continue to focus on effective practices, and supplement these with specific initiatives for new consultants. This study was of minimal risk and adhered to RRU Ethical Guidelines.

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The primary concern of this thesis is to understand why the "public-private dichotomy" has such resilience in contemporary Western society. Feminist reflection on the dichotomy reveals that at it serves the patriarchal purposes of misrepresenting, masking and devaluing women's lives. Teleworkers are individuals who work at home; they often opt for this work arrangement because they want to better integrate their public (or work) and private (or nonwork) spheres. Ironically, however, teleworkers reify the dichotomy between public and private in their daily lives. Through in-depth qualitative interviews with female and male teleworkers, I explore the mechanisms which reinforce this. These mechanisms include first, the sexual division of labour in the home and second, the gendered notion of "professionalism." Comparing female and male teleworkers I show how workers at home are physically removed from the office environment but work in a way that largely reproduces the "gendered professionalism" inherent in the organizational culture of this environment. Perceiving the opportunity to telework as a privilege, they have to legitimate this work arrangement by continuing to make sharp distinctions between public "work" and private "nonwork" which in turn reinforces the sexual division of labour in the home. These mechanisms keep the public-private dichotomy in place. I argue, however, that teleworkers interpret the dichotomy in a critical manner; through a "critique from within" they challenge the dichotomy. This challenge originates in their experiences that the best work (which they often call "real work") is carried out in the private sphere of the home. In fact, the office is identified as inappropriate for "real work" precisely because it is public. The dichotomy between public/work and private/nonwork begins to be prized open. I argue that the long term consequences of this critique will depend upon the guided entrenchment of telework within organizations.

Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 1999

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of South Florida, 1997. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-100) Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007. / Title from PDF title page screen. Advisor: Selima Sultana; submitted to the Dept. of Geography. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-81).

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