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This month, we’re celebrating the social and human experience of the workplace through a series of video biographies.
19 Oct 2018
Job quality: the importance of occupational class
Discover the effect of occupational class on job quality
In a Nutshell: Issue 81
These authors examine the effect of job quality from the perspective of part-time workers, gender and class. Since the ‘Great Recession’ of 2008, they reveal a stark contrast in the quality of job roles within different occupational classes.
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Reviewed by:
Jonny Gifford, Senior Adviser for Organisational Behaviour
Jonny has been conducting applied research into employment and people management for a number of years, with previous roles at the Institute for Employment Studies and Roffey Park Institute. Current interests include job quality and behavioural science insights into performance management and other areas of HR. Jonny runs the CIPD Applied Research Conference and actively promotes evidence-based practice, including through systematic reviewing and running randomised trials.
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