Work & Women's
Well-being
​What the project is about:
​The well-being of women at work and home is the central focus of this project's attempts to investigate. The results of this work have been issued in a series of publications (see below), and they may be viewed as complementing the research conducted by Noor (for info on her work, see https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=F3gEl-QAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
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The Team
Project Leader: ​Noraini M. Noor
Member: Nor Diana Mohd Mahudin​
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Publications & Awards
​Awards:
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First Prize Poster Presentation (National): Mohd Mahudin, N. D. & Noor, N. M. (2016). Work, Family, and Women’s Well- Being in Malaysia. In INTAN Research Fair (IRF) 2016, National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN), Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, November 28th, 2016.
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​Publications:
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​Noor, N. M., & Mohd Mahudin, N. D. (2016). Work, family and women’s well- being in Malaysia. In Connerley, M. L., & Wu, J. (Eds.), Handbook on Well-Being of Working Women (pp. 717-734). Springer and the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS). ISBN 978-94-017-9896-9. doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9897-6_40
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Noor, N. M., & Mohd Mahudin, N. D. (2015). Work-life balance policies in Malaysia: Theory and practice. In Lu, L., & Cooper, C. (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Work-Life Balance in Asia - New Horizons in Management (pp. 207-235). Edward Edgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78347-508-7. doi.org/10.4337/9781783475094.00017
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Noor, N. M. & Mohd Mahudin, N. D. (2005). Work, family, and women’s well-being: The influence of culture. In Z. A. Ansari, N. M. Noor, & A. Haque (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Malaysian Psychology (pp. 109-132). Thomson Publishing. ISBN 981-254-819-X.
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Mohd Mahudin, N. D. & Noor, N. M. (2016). Work Life Balance Policies in Malaysia: Theory and Practice. In INTAN Research Fair (IRF) 2016, National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN), Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, November 28th, 2016.
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Insights for impact
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Work-family issues should be seen as social rather than personal problems, with both public and private sectors mandated to provide for work-life policies.
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​There is also a need to recognise the different life courses of women and men and consider the work-life initiatives that work for them.
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