Wee Chan Au
Biographic Data
| ID | 4083920 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wee Chan Au |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wee Chan |
| FAMILY NAME | Au |
| SIGNATURE | AU W C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8070-3886 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Navigating crisis in non-standard work
This study advances current understanding of career shocks among non-standard workers by investigating how social entrepreneurs, as a novel group of non-standard workers pursuing purpose, engage in sensemaking during career shocks. Our inductive analysis of in-depth interviews with 39 Bangladeshi social entrepreneurs facing a crisis revealed three distinct sensemaking patterns: ‘mission-neglected preservation,’ ‘mission-protective collaboration,’…
Role incongruity and prejudice
Purpose The study aims to explore the career experiences of Malay Muslim women (MMW) managers in Malaysia. By applying an intersectionality lens to the role congruity theory of prejudice, we seek to uncover how the interaction of multiple identities influences the career experiences of MMW. Design/methodology/approach In-depth interviews were conducted with 22 MMW in managerial positions probing their career experiences and progress. Findings Our…
Relational HR Practices in Malaysian SMEs
Adopting an Ethics of Care theoretical framework, this paper aims to investigate the way in which the owner-mangers (OMs) of small and medium-sized enterprises in Malaysia engage in human resource management. Based on in-depth interviews with 48 OMs, the findings show that HRM practices occur within the remit of management but are described by the managers in terms of relational obligations and cannot be fully accounted for using a strategic, ins…
I Am Not Just a Nurse
The Ethics of Care (EoC) theory has been widely applied in the field of management, and there is a growing consensus that it is important to recognise the value and practice of care in the workplace. In this paper, we consider the implications of the EoC at work, and in particular the risks unboundaried care demands may pose to employees who encounter unmanageable ‘calls to care’. We present findings from interviews with 27 nurses in Malaysia, wh…
Bringing the Family Logic in
Social enterprises combine activities, processes, structures, and meanings associated with multiple institutional logics that may pose conflicting goals, norms, values, and practices. This in-depth multi-source case study of an ecological social enterprise in Malaysia reveals how the enactment of the family logic interacts with the market and ecological logics not only in conflicting but also in synergetic ways. By drawing attention to the instit…
Who moved my boundary? Strategies adopted by families working from home
We were all in it together
We examine how professional dual‐earner couples, with school‐age children, who worked from home during the COVID‐19 lockdown, adjusted to the changes it brought to their lives. To do so, we conducted a qualitative study of 28 dual‐earner households that had at least one school‐age child, resided in China, Iran, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, or the United States, and worked from home during their local lockdown period. In each household, we interv…
The work-life experiences of an invisible workforce
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the work-life (WL) experiences of live-in women migrant domestic workers (MDWs), who represent a significant proportion of migrant workers globally. MDWs play a key role in enabling the work-life balance (WLB) of others, namely the middle-class households that employ them. Yet, their experiences have largely been invisible in mainstream WL literature. The authors draw on an intersectional approach t…
The work-life experiences of an invisible workforce
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the work-life (WL) experiences of live-in women migrant domestic workers (MDWs), who represent a significant proportion of migrant workers globally. MDWs play a key role in enabling the work-life balance (WLB) of others, namely the middle-class households that employ them. Yet, their experiences have largely been invisible in mainstream WL literature. The authors draw on an intersectional approach t…
The work-life experiences of an invisible workforce
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the work-life (WL) experiences of live-in women migrant domestic workers (MDWs), who represent a significant proportion of migrant workers globally. MDWs play a key role in enabling the work-life balance (WLB) of others, namely the middle-class households that employ them. Yet, their experiences have largely been invisible in mainstream WL literature. The authors draw on an intersectional approach t…
I Am Not Just a Nurse
The Ethics of Care (EoC) theory has been widely applied in the field of management, and there is a growing consensus that it is important to recognise the value and practice of care in the workplace. In this paper, we consider the implications of the EoC at work, and in particular the risks unboundaried care demands may pose to employees who encounter unmanageable ‘calls to care’. We present findings from interviews with 27 nurses in Malaysia, wh…
Bringing the Family Logic in
Social enterprises combine activities, processes, structures, and meanings associated with multiple institutional logics that may pose conflicting goals, norms, values, and practices. This in-depth multi-source case study of an ecological social enterprise in Malaysia reveals how the enactment of the family logic interacts with the market and ecological logics not only in conflicting but also in synergetic ways. By drawing attention to the instit…
Who moved my boundary? Strategies adopted by families working from home
We were all in it together
We examine how professional dual‐earner couples, with school‐age children, who worked from home during the COVID‐19 lockdown, adjusted to the changes it brought to their lives. To do so, we conducted a qualitative study of 28 dual‐earner households that had at least one school‐age child, resided in China, Iran, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, or the United States, and worked from home during their local lockdown period. In each household, we interv…
Relational HR Practices in Malaysian SMEs
Adopting an Ethics of Care theoretical framework, this paper aims to investigate the way in which the owner-mangers (OMs) of small and medium-sized enterprises in Malaysia engage in human resource management. Based on in-depth interviews with 48 OMs, the findings show that HRM practices occur within the remit of management but are described by the managers in terms of relational obligations and cannot be fully accounted for using a strategic, ins…
Navigating crisis in non-standard work
This study advances current understanding of career shocks among non-standard workers by investigating how social entrepreneurs, as a novel group of non-standard workers pursuing purpose, engage in sensemaking during career shocks. Our inductive analysis of in-depth interviews with 39 Bangladeshi social entrepreneurs facing a crisis revealed three distinct sensemaking patterns: ‘mission-neglected preservation,’ ‘mission-protective collaboration,’…
Role incongruity and prejudice
Purpose The study aims to explore the career experiences of Malay Muslim women (MMW) managers in Malaysia. By applying an intersectionality lens to the role congruity theory of prejudice, we seek to uncover how the interaction of multiple identities influences the career experiences of MMW. Design/methodology/approach In-depth interviews were conducted with 22 MMW in managerial positions probing their career experiences and progress. Findings Our…
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Business (3 works) · Business ethics (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Quality of Life Research (3 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)