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Mapping Good Work : The Quality of Working Life Across the Occupational Structure / Mark Williams, Ying Zhou, Min Zou

Zhou, Ying [VerfasserIn] ; Zou, Min [VerfasserIn]

Englisch

Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2020

©2020

1 Online-Ressource (162 p.) : 23 Black and White

In English

978-1-5292-1609-7

Front Matter

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

List of Abbreviations

Notes on the Authors

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Mapping Good Work

What Makes Work Good?

The Good Work Hierarchy

The Occupational Quality Structure

The Changing Occupational Quality Structure

Conclusions and Implications

Notes

References

Index

*BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Human Resources & Personnel Management

bisacsh: BUS030000

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence In this enlightening study of modern working lives in Britain, leading experts on the sociology of work draw on detailed statistical analyses to assess job quality and job satisfaction. Drawing on decades of research data on hundreds of occupational groups, the authors challenge conventional notions of 'good work' and consider them afresh through the lens of workers themselves. With examples from many professions, the book examines why some occupations feel more rewarding than others, regardless of factors like pay and security. Exploring fresh policies to promote the agenda for fulfilling employment, it builds an important case for genuine and sustained satisfaction in working lives

https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781529216097 [Open Access]