Manifesto for a new Quality of Working Life

Poor quality jobs and their negative consequences for worker wellbeing are frequently associated with Taylorised work and rising non-standard, often precarious, employment. Our manifesto offers a new approach to Quality of Working Life to improve worker wellbeing. In doing so, it outlines the need f...

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Published inHuman relations (New York) Vol. 75; no. 2; pp. 304 - 321
Main Authors Warhurst, Chris, Knox, Angela
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.02.2022
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Employment
Quality of life
Well being
Working conditions
Quality of Working Life
minimum standards
standard employment relationship
Taylorised work
job quality
non-standard employment
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Summary:Poor quality jobs and their negative consequences for worker wellbeing are frequently associated with Taylorised work and rising non-standard, often precarious, employment. Our manifesto offers a new approach to Quality of Working Life to improve worker wellbeing. In doing so, it outlines the need for a new measure of job quality that pays due attention to employment as well as work problems, and a new approach to practical reform that involves statutory minimum standards rather than just voluntary firm action. Significantly, a receptive political-economic context currently exists to enable the implementation of this manifesto.
ISSN:0018-7267
1741-282X
DOI:10.1177/0018726720979348