Handbook of research methods on the quality of working lives

"The growing diversity of contemporary paid work has provoked increased interest in understanding and evaluating the quality of working lives. This Handbook provides critical reflections on recent research in the field, including examining the inextricable links between working life and well-be...

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Other Authors: Wheatley, Daniel (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton Edward Elgar Publishing 2019, 2019
Series:Handbooks of Research Methods in Management series
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBooks Collection Business & Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a 1 Introduction: Researching the quality of working / Lives Daniel Wheatley -- Part I: Researching the quality of working lives: Philosophical, conceptual and practical considerations 2. Generating and measuring impact: Insights from research on the quality of working lives / Carol Atkinson -- 3. Using a lifecourse approach to research patterns of paid and unpaid work / Irene Hardill and Daniel Wheatley -- 4. Reviewing measurement instruments in job insecurity research: Perceived job insecurity and the gender lens perspective / Pinar Bayhan Karapinar, Selin Metin Camgöz and Ozge Tayfur Ekmekci -- 5. Accessing and understanding autism spectrum conditions in the workplace / Anne Cockayne -- 6. Research ethics when research on unpaid labour finds the elephant in the room: Negotiating violence encountered when conducting fieldwork / Irene Sotiropoulou --  
505 0 |a Researching the quality of paid and unpaid working lives / Tracey Warren -- 15. Quantitative methods of examining the impact of the physical work environment / Elizabeth J. Sander, Alannah E. Rafferty and Peter J. Jordan -- 16. Using the Oaxaca-blinder decomposition to quantitatively assess the gender pay gap / Michaela Fuchs, Anja Rossen, Antje Weyh and Gabriele Wydra-Somaggio -- 17. Econometric analysis of educational mismatch and earnings using survey data from Ghana / Christian K. Darko and Kennedy K. Abrokwa -- Part IV: Mixed methods research on the quality of working lives 18. Use of quantitative and qualitative methods to research migrant workers in low-skilled work / Anne Green -- 19. Conducting small scale primary mixed methods research into the impacts of work-related travel / Craig Bickerton --  
505 0 |a A small sample approach using sequence analysis / Fiona Carmichael, Jo Duberley and Lorna Porcellato -- Index 
505 0 |a Qualitative research methods on the quality of working lives 7. Accessing 'hard to reach groups' and emotions in the research process: 'work an honest day and get the usual raw deal' / Andrew Smith and Jo McBride -- 8. Using discursive methods to research the quality of working lives / Cath Sullivan -- 9. Observing neo-villeiny and other forms of non-standard work / Geraint Harvey -- 10. Ethnographic methods with limited access: Assessing quality of work in hard to reach jobs / Adam Badger and Jamie Woodcock -- 11. Using case study research to capture the quality of working lives / John Burgess and Julia Connell -- 12. Combining gendered strategies, a narrative approach and coaching: Examining the effect of behavioural ambidexterity on individual well-being and high performance work / Ani Raiden and Christine Räisänen -- Part III: Quantitative research methods on the quality of working lives210 13. Effective use of secondary quantitative data sources / Chris Lawton --  
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520 |a "The growing diversity of contemporary paid work has provoked increased interest in understanding and evaluating the quality of working lives. This Handbook provides critical reflections on recent research in the field, including examining the inextricable links between working life and well-being. The Handbook offers comprehensive support to researchers working in quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods traditions. Drawing from an international evidence base, the contributors use examples of research into key contemporary issues such as the gendered nature of work, skills mismatch, job insecurity, work-life balance, flexibility, the gig-economy and the physical work environment. Chapters explore how research methods have been used to investigate aspects of both paid and unpaid work, raising further questions and highlighting limitations. The Handbook of Research Methods on the Quality of Working Lives is an essential resource for all those involved in areas that study, or touch on, the quality of working lives. It will benefit both new and experienced researchers inside and outside academia and across disciplines such as economics, human resource management, psychology and social policy"--