\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWork-Life Advantage\u003c/i\u003e analyses how employer-provision of \u0026lsquo;family-friendly\u0026rsquo; working arrangements - designed to help workers better reconcile work, home and family - can also enhance firms\u0026rsquo; capacities for learning and innovation, in pursuit of long-term competitive advantage and socially inclusive growth. \u003c/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together major debates in labour geography, feminist geography, and regional learning in novel ways, through a focus on the shifting boundaries between work, home, and family\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses a major gap in the scholarly research surrounding the narrow \u0026lsquo;business case\u0026rsquo; for work-life balance by developing a more socially progressive, workerist \u0026lsquo;dual agenda\u0026rsquo;\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges and disrupts masculinist assumptions of the \u0026ldquo;ideal worker\u0026rdquo; and the associated labour market marginalization of workers with significant home and family commitments\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBased on 10 years of research with over 300 IT workers and 150 IT firms in the UK and Ireland, with important insights for professional workers and knowledge-intensive companies around the world\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e
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