Purpose -This paper aims to investigate the shifting boundaries between two experiential categories -home and work -for office workers. The boundaries are both spatial and temporal, and the paper seeks to analyse how certain kinds of mobile technology are being used in such a way as to make these boundaries increasingly permeable. Design/methodology/approach -The research involved both the collection of quantitative data using a survey tool, and the gathering of qualitative data through in-depth interviews. Findings -The paper finds that the mobile technology discussed enables work extension -the ability to work outside the office, outside "normal" office hours. This provides flexibility with respect to the timing and location of work, and makes it easier to accommodate both work and family. But at the same time, of course, it also increases expectations: managers and colleagues alike expect staff to be almost always available to do work, which makes it easier for work to encroach on family time, and also leads to a greater workload. The ability to perform work extension is, then, a dual-edged sword. Practical implications -The paper provides both managers and non-managers with insight into the effects of providing mobile technology to office workers, and suggests some mechanisms to mitigate negative effects. Originality/value -The paper explores the impact of mobile technologies on non-mobile office staff.

The review of methods for the model-based cost-utility analysis of screening programmes identified the natural history modelling approach as the preferred general method of evaluation for screening programmes. State transition models have generally been used to represent disease natural histories, with individual sampling models more prevalent than in treatment intervention evaluations. No comparative methodological studies were identified, so no empirical data were available to inform the relative merits of alternative methodologies. The defined guidelines and assessment checklist are informed, therefore, by theoretical interpretations of the impact of alternative approaches to different components of the modelling process when applied to the cost-utility analysis of screening programmes. Further research is needed into methods with the potential to improve the accuracy of screening models, and to respond to the needs of model users.

Book Review1043 organization of private labor regulation, business support for private regulation and private regulatory competition. Part IV concludes with the study's contributions and prospects for the future of private labor regulation and research. Fransen introduces each chapter with qualitative vignettes that help ground the theoretical and empirical discussion in tangible experiences.The research design employs multiple methods and data sources. Fransen takes an inductive approach, analyzing policies and other documentation, interviewing and surveying representatives from both firms and regulatory organizations, and analyzing industry-level economic data. The result reveals an evolving process of inter-group interactions, with activists playing an integral role by orchestrating social pressure on firms.Fransen's decision to focus on the clothing production industry is well-justified. Private regulation in the clothing production chain is particularly well-developed, offering wider variance in both independent and dependent variables. It is not yet clear whether, in the long run, private regulation of the clothing production chain will prove to be an anomalous best-practice case or an example of what will follow in other industries. Although the book clearly cautions against generalizing to contexts beyond the clothing industry, a key benefit of the focus on a single industry is that it supports an in-depth examination of mechanisms, interdependencies and tensions that would not otherwise be possible.The analysis yields insights about the nature of inter-organizational interactions, decisions about the level of regulatory stringency to adopt, and a variety of contradictions between CSR policies and the lived experience of their implementation. This level of detail has been missing from the CSR literature and it provides some relief for those of us who have been longing for a glimpse behind the scenes of the CSR policy rhetoric.The book is best suited to an audience of advanced scholars. Due to its inductive approach, and the range and depth of insights that result, Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Labor Standards is an especially valuable resource for researchers developing new projects. The ultimate contribution of this book is that it explains the processes that shape policies that are intended to improve labor conditions for production workers. Improved understanding has the potential to inform not only more effective labor standards but also other forms of CSR.

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