Publications
-
Echebiri, Chukwuemeka; Alola, Violet, Uju & Muringani, Jonathan
(2024).
Linking Traffic Congestion and Remote Work to Employees' Work-Life Balance and Health: The Case of Lagos.
In Zheng, Connie (Eds.),
Work-Life Balance, Employee Health and Wellbeing: An International Perspective.
Edward Elgar Publishing.
ISSN 1803929499.
Show summary
This chapter focuses on developing a conceptual framework to study the relationship between work-life balance and employee health in the congested Sub-Saharan African city of Lagos. We argue that traffic congestion and remote working are expected to have different outcomes on work-life balance and employee health in organisations. However, the relationship is not straightforward but complex. Thus, while organisations can leverage remote working to promote employee’s work-life balance and health in congested cities, there can be unintended consequences as employees may work more from home, unsettling the same balance they wish to achieve. We argue that in organisations, the relationship between work-life balance, employee health, remote working, and traffic congestion is complicated and that one directly or indirectly affects the other. For instance, digitalisation can blur the boundaries between work and non-work life. We make a theoretical contribution by summarising these relationships in the nine propositions argued in this chapter. Although our chapter focuses on the commercial city of Lagos, Nigeria, the discussions and the broader perspective on work-life balance and employees’ health are applicable globally, and the propositions can be tested in future empirical studies.
-
-
-
Muringani, Jonathan; Fitjar, Rune Dahl & Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés
(2019).
Decentralisation, quality of government and economic growth.
Revista de Economía Mundial (REM).
ISSN 1576-0162.
51,
p. 25–50.
doi:
10.33776/rem.v0i51.3903.
Full text in Research Archive
Show summary
The effect of decentralisation on regional economic growth is a hotly debated topic. In theory, decentralisation should entail welfare benefits by bringing government closer to the people. In practice, the benefits of decentralisation have been hard to prove. A problem is that the quality of regional governments is often lacking, or at least varies widely across different regions. Hence, regional governments may not be capable of delivering public goods in an efficient and accountable manner. Previous analyses have, however, neglected how the benefits of decentralisation may depend on the quality of the regional government whose authority is strengthened by such reforms. This paper considers these two dimensions in conjunction, highlighting that the effect of decentralisation on economic performance is highly mediated by the quality of the devolved government. Using panel data for 223 regions in the EU, the results show that the quality of regional government is a better predictor of economic development than decentralisation. Regional government quality also conditions the economic returns to decentralisation, meaning decentralisation works best in regions with a higher quality of government. Accordingly, decentralisation reforms must consider the quality of the regional government to which they would devolve authority.
View all works in Cristin
-
Muringani, Jonathan; Fitjar, Rune Dahl & Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés
(2022).
How political trust drives growth across European regions.
-
Muringani, Jonathan & Noll, Josef
(2021).
Societal security and trust in digital societies: a socio-technical perspective.
-
Muringani, Jonathan; Fitjar, Rune Dahl & Rodriguez-Pose, Andres
(2021).
Bridging, not bonding, for regional growth.
Vox EU.
View all works in Cristin
Published
July 26, 2021 11:40 AM
- Last modified
July 26, 2021 12:07 PM
