Finland is the world’s most prosperous country in financial terms and in terms of the quality of its democratic and bureaucratic institutions, according to the Legatum Prosperity Index. Finland is followed by Switzerland and Sweden in second and third place, respectively while Spain was ranked 19th.
The annual ranking developed by the Legatum Institute, a privately-funded [...]
The European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO) has just published the survey “Working Conditions and Quality of Life in Spanish Workplaces.” It contains the results of two surveys, “The Sixth National Survey on Working Conditions” and “The Survey of Quality of Life in the Workplace,” which results reveal that many Spanish workers seem to still be [...]
Europe’s cities once more dominate the world’s top 10 for quality of living. Vienna is the city rated to have the best quality of life worldwide, having moved up one place in the rankings following recent improvements in Austria’s political and social environment.
Dublin ranks 25th of 215 (in the top 12%) in the Mercer 2009 [...]
This report is based on the second EQLS carried out in 2007-8 and offers a broad overview of the diverse social realities in the 27 EU Member States, Norway and the candidate countries of Turkey, Macedonia and Croatia. The Survey measures resources and living conditions through objective and descriptive indicators, but also incorporates subjective information. [...]
This paper by Farid A. Muna and Ned Mansour exhorts leaders, organizations, and HR professionals to introduce changes in the work structure and environment, as well as pioneer new policies and practices that allow employees to bring more balance into their lives. It links the theory of work-life balance to the implementation of changes in [...]
