Bram Peper is assistant professor of sociology at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. His main area of expertise is cross-national research regarding work-family arrangements in organisations in different state welfare systems. Presently he is working on several research projects regarding utilisation of work-life policies, and on employees’ well-being. His latest co-edited books are one on flexible work and secondly a Dutch introduction to sociology.

Claartje ter Hoeven is an assistant professor of Corporate Communication at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam. She holds an M.A. in Communication Studies from the University of Twente. This is also where she received her Ph.D. on 'Sick notes. Multiple life domains associated with sickness-related absence'. In 2008, she was appointed as a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Medical Psychology, University of Amsterdam. In that project, she focused on information preferences among cancer patients. In addition to her research, Claartje teaches different courses within Communication Studies.

Josje Dikkers is assistant professor at the Department of Management & Organisation of the VU University Amsterdam. Her Ph.D. project (2008,Work- & Organisational Psychology, Radboud University Nijmegen) was titled 'work-home interference in relation to work, organisational, and home characteristics'. She also works at Qidos as a research consultant. Her research interests primarily focus on the interaction between people’s work and private lives and work-home culture.