Mustafa F. Özbilgin

Billable Hours and Work Flexibility: Navigating the Paradox in Law Firms

ABSTRACT Flexible work promises control over where and when work is performed, yet organisations still need credible performance evidence at a distance. Drawing on 30 interviews with women lawyers in UK‐based international firms, we examine how billable hours mediate these demand...

Racialised Conditional Capital Conversion: Race, Class and the Limits of Recognition in Elite Organisations

ABSTRACT This paper examines how racial inequality persists within organisations alongside career advancement among racialised professionals. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with fifty Chinese professionals in Australia's Big Four firms, we examine how race shapes the recognition...