scholarly journals In Search of the High Road: Meaning and Evidence

ILR Review ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Osterman
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
70Th Anniversary ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Employment Practices ◽  
Employment Policies ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
High Road

This article is the first in a series to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the ILR Review. We will be highlighting important research themes that have been featured in the journal over its many years of publication. In this article, Paul Osterman reviews research on the quality of jobs and recent debates over “High Road” and “Low Road” approaches to employment practices. Scholars and policy advocates frequently utilize the distinction between High Road and Low Road firms as a framework for efforts to improve the quality of work in low-wage employers. This article assesses the logic and evidence that underlies this construct. The author provides a definition of the concept and examines the evidence behind the assumption that firms have a choice in how they design their employment policies. He then takes up the assertion that firms that adopt a High Road model can “do well by doing good” and adds precision to this claim by reviewing the evidence that a profit-maximizing firm would benefit from following the High Road path. The article concludes by suggesting a research agenda and providing a framework for policy that flows from the conclusions drawn from the existing research base.

Call Centres and the Quality of Work Life: Towards a Research Agenda

2008 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeenobiyah Hannif ◽  
John Burgess ◽  
Julia Connell
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Call Centres

Design of Experiments and Definition of Criteria for the Evaluation and Analysis of the Process of Machining in a Robotic System

2014 ◽  
Vol 474 ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
Martina Kusa ◽  
Frantisek Pechacek
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Design Of Experiments ◽  
Robotic System ◽  
Work Piece ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Machine Systems ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Optimal Approach

Machining of different materials brings increasing of productivity, economical effectivity and quality of work piece. Constant development of Robotics and information systems brings new views of using robots in a process of production. Instead of using robots for a purpose of manipulation with work pieces, it is possible to use a robot directly for machining. Robotics machining technology has its advantage in application, which represents an adequate alternative in machining of metals on tradition of machine systems. The aim of the suggested plan of the experiment is to identify the optimal approach and combinations of each parameter during milling.

scholarly journals PECULIARITIES OF PROCUREMENT FOR DETERMINING THE CONTRACTOR OF ENGINEERING AND GEODESIC WORKS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-41
Author(s):  
Anton V. Nikonov
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Thermal Power Plants ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Maximum Price ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Price Offer

The article describes the difficulties faced by organizations engaged in engineering and geodetic work at power plants, with participation in procurement. It is shown that the majority of procurement participants are representatives of small and medium-sized businesses. The factors affecting the reduction in the price offer are given. It is noted that a decrease in the initial (maximum) price during the procurement procedures varies from 75 to 90%, which cannot but lead to a decrease in the quality of work, and often to falsification of reporting documentation. Conclusions are made on the example of three realized purchases by the definition of the contractor for geodetic work at thermal power plants.

scholarly journals Sustainable Quality of Work Life and Job Satisfaction [an Indian Case Study]

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Sorab Sadri ◽  
Conrad Goveas
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Effective Work ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Brundtland Commission

As HR experts would propound, organizational success is highly dependent on attracting, recruiting, motivating, and retaining its workforce. The quality of work life (QWL) pertains to favourable or unfavourable work environment in keeping employees motivated so as to enable increase per capita productivity. It aims at achieving an effective work place environment that satisfies  both the organizational and personal needs and values of employees , promoting well being by job security,  job satisfaction, development and thereby helping to maintain a better  balance between work and non-work life. The word sustainability is derived from the Latin sustinere (tenere, to hold; sus, meaning up. Dictionaries provide more than ten meanings for sustain, the main ones being to “maintain", "support", or "endure”. However, since the 1980s sustainability has been used more in the sense of human sustainability on planet Earth and this has resulted in the most widely quoted definition of sustainability as a part of the concept sustainable, that of the Brundtland Commission of the United Nations on March 20, 1987: “sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. 

scholarly journals Medical, Health and Wellness Tourism Research—A Review of the Literature (1970–2020) and Research Agenda

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (20) ◽  
pp. 10875
Author(s):  
Lina Zhong ◽  
Baolin Deng ◽  
Alastair M. Morrison ◽  
J. Andres Coca-Stefaniak ◽  
Liyu Yang
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Travel Medicine ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Wellness Tourism ◽  
Medical Health ◽  
And Behavior

Medical, health and wellness tourism and travel represent a dynamic and rapidly growing multi-disciplinary economic activity and field of knowledge. This research responds to earlier calls to integrate research on travel medicine and tourism. It critically reviews the literature published on these topics over a 50-year period (1970 to 2020) using CiteSpace software. Some 802 articles were gathered and analyzed from major databases including the Web of Science and Scopus. Markets (demand and behavior), destinations (development and promotion), and development environments (policies and impacts) emerged as the main three research themes in medical-health-wellness tourism. Medical-health-wellness tourism will integrate with other care sectors and become more embedded in policy-making related to sustainable development, especially with regards to quality of life initiatives. A future research agenda for medical-health-tourism is discussed.

‘More and better jobs’: is quality of work still an issue – and was it ever?

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silke Bothfeld ◽  
Janine Leschke
Keyword(s):  
Social Model ◽  
Monitoring Tool ◽  
Core Element ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Policy Problem ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Comprehensive Indicator

Quality of work is a core element of the European social model. In this article we analyse the role and instruments of EU actors in this policy area in order to discover the extent to which it has been institutionalized since the mid-1990s. We first demonstrate that quality of work has to be understood as a multi-dimensional concept, before analysing the respective roles of and interactions between the Council, the Commission, the European Parliament and the social partners. Both the definition of the subject as a policy problem and the construction of a comprehensive indicator-based monitoring tool represent necessary, albeit not sufficient, steps to promote the quality dimension of work. The article is based on document and secondary literature analysis as well as expert interviews.

DEFINITION OF MEASURES FOR THE QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM FOR THE DESIGN AND SERIAL PRODUCTION OF CHIPS AND EVALUATION OF THEIR EFFECTIVENESS ON THE EXAMPLE OF VLSI 1867VN016

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-53
Author(s):  
Konstantin Zolnikov ◽  
A. Yagodkin ◽  
Svetlana Evdokimova ◽  
Tatyana Skvortsova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Assurance Program ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Chip Design ◽  
Serial Production ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Microelectronic Devices ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Multi Core Processor

The article is devoted to the process of creating microelectronic devices and analyzing methods and criteria for product rejection. We consider procedures that ensure high quality of work of chip design processes and their serial production. The result of the analysis of domestic and foreign patents for multi-core processor systems is presented.

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