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Employer choice and job quality: workplace innovation, work redesign, and employee perceptions of job quality in a complex health-care setting

This article examines employer choice in relation to job quality (JQ). Acknowledging the important role of market, ... Show more
This article examines employer choice in relation to job quality (JQ). Acknowledging the important role of market, institutional, and technological constraints, the authors highlight the role of employer agency in shaping JQ by reporting on an employer-led service redesign initiative in hospital pharmacy services in Scotland. This redesign initiative aimed at upskilling employees and redirecting their work effort toward high value-added, patient-facing work using robotics implementation. The article provides a critical assessment of the success of the initiative in enhancing JQ and explores a range of factors constraining and shaping employers' JQ choices.
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Authors: Findlay, Patricia; Lindsay, Colin; McQuarrie, Jo; Bennie, Marion ... [+] Show more

Date: 2017

Geographic subjects: Scotland; Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Article

Journal title: Work and occupations

Subjects: Employment; Quality; Industry ... [+] Show more
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Influencing employers so more people break free from poverty through work

In-work poverty describes the experiences of households where at least one person is in work and the household's in... Show more
In-work poverty describes the experiences of households where at least one person is in work and the household's income after housing costs is below 60 per cent of the median household income. Housing and other costs, the income provided by the in-work benefits system, as well as low pay, can contribute to in-work poverty. Given the important contribution that low pay makes to in-work poverty, how employers arrive at decisions on pay and their understanding of in-work poverty are important areas of study. The research reported here included interviews with key stakeholders and employers. It focused on understanding employers' approaches, perceptions and experiences in relation to in-work poverty, and looking at the key drivers for employer change, particularly in low-paid sectors, to understand how businesses might – and might be influenced to – make work a better route out of poverty. In this report we set out a 'Framework for Employer Action on In-Work Poverty', which summarises insights from our research on in-work poverty; how employers might be incentivised, influenced and supported to take action; and the stakeholders who need to be involved.
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Authors: Findlay, Patricia; Lindsay, Colin; Watson, Amy; Young, Doug

Date: 2019

Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Disadvantaged; Employment; Income ... [+] Show more
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Opportunity knocks?: the possibilities and levers for improving job quality

This article focuses on demands and interventions to improve or maintain job quality. There is a need for better un... Show more
This article focuses on demands and interventions to improve or maintain job quality. There is a need for better understanding of what can be done, by whom, and with what impacts. The article provides a framework for reflection focused on interventions within and outwith the workplace. Drawing on secondary data, it outlines the renewed policy and academic interest in job quality, examines the multilevel reasons for intervention and the factors that shape this intervention, and evaluates the loci of intervention. On the basis of the evidence to date, it argues that there is scope for intervention and that intervention can be effective.
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Authors: Findlay, Patricia; Warhurst, Chris; Keep, Ewart; Lloyd, Caroline

Date: 2017

Resource type: Article

Journal title: Work and occupations

Subjects: Employment; Quality; Governance ... [+] Show more

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Employer choice and job quality: workplace innovation, work redesign, and employee perceptions of job quality in a complex health-care setting

Influencing employers so more people break free from poverty through work

Opportunity knocks?: the possibilities and levers for improving job quality