Developing the Quality of (Working) Life in a Community - The Case of a French Region

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 2-780-2-783
Author(s):  
Pascale Carayon ◽  
Jean-Louis Coujard
Keyword(s):  
Working Life ◽  
Sociotechnical Systems ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Sociotechnical System ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
French Region

The ergonomics and sociotechnical systems field has made a number of contributions to the improvement of quality of working life. Most of the contributions have tackled single organizations. Recently, ergonomists and sociotechnical system specialists have contributed to the quality of life in communities (i.e. the Community Ergonomics movement). In this paper, we present the case of a French region in which various efforts have been implemented to foster economic development and increase quality in the community. At the center of these efforts are the organizations of the region (both public and private organizations) and the linkages between those organizations. This case study is analyzed in light of models of job development and work design, in particular participatory approaches.

scholarly journals Workers’ quality of working life and privatisation: Insights from a developing country

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 231-238
Author(s):  
Mehadi Mamun
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Working Life ◽  
The Body ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The Impact

Privatisation affects tens of thousands of workers in Bangladesh, though most research has focused on the relationships between privatisation and profitability of this developing country’s privatisation programmes. This study, therefore, is an attempt to shed light on workers who are very vulnerable and examines the impact of privatisation on workers’ quality of working life. Employing document analysis and semi-structured face-to-face interviews with privatised and state-owned organisations’ workers in Bangladesh, this study finds that workers’ compensation, job security, access to trade unions, and leave entitlements in most privatised case study organisations are less than their counterparts in comparable state-owned organisations. These findings aim at contributing to the body of research by empirically investigating the impact of privatisation on workers who are left behind and possess important implications for the privatisation programmes in Bangladesh as it informs that there is a need to reassess the privatisation programmes through greater awareness of the negative effects of privatisation on workers and renew efforts to develop an approach that is sensitive to the Bangladeshi context.

scholarly journals Sociale innovatie: historie en toekomstperspectief

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Pot
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Positive Performance ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Workplace Innovation ◽  
Work And Employment

Workplace innovation: history and perspectives Workplace innovation: history and perspectives Workplace innovation (innovative workplaces, social innovation of work and employment) is considered by governments and social partners in a number of European countries, among which the Netherlands and Belgium, as a strategy to improve the competitiveness of its economy and the productivity and quality of public and private organisations as well as to develop the skills and competences of the potential workforce. There is quite some confusion about this concept. This paper shows how the concept developed in the Netherlands during the last 25 years in policy and research and how it has been grounded theoretically in the Netherlands and Flanders.The concept has become a very broad one which requires specification by its users and stakeholders. Research shows positive performance of social innovative organisations. However research outcomes are difficult to compare because of different definitions and research designs. Quality of working life is lacking as an effect variable. A scientific discourse is badly needed.

scholarly journals Quality of Working Life in the Emergency Department: Physicians’ and Nurses’ Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Naser Ibrahim Saif
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
High Workload ◽  
Depth Interviews

This descriptive phenomenological qualitative case study aimed to examine the perceptions of emergency department (ED) workers regarding quality of working life (QWL). Nine QWL dimensions were investigated. Two rounds of individual semi-structured face-to-face in-depth interviews were held with 5 physicians and 11 nurses. Data were analyzed using Colaizzi’s process. The findings indicate that most negative QWL issues centered on high workload and poor salary. EDs should deploy additional resources to improve the QWL of ED workers.

scholarly journals Labour market flexibility and the quality of work: a case study of the retail

1970 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Brosnan
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Working Life ◽  
High Price ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Labour Market Flexibility ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
Retail Workers

The view that labour market flexibility will lead to benefits for everyone is far obvious. This paper analyses changes in retailing over the last decades. It finds that much flexibility has been achieved in the industry. Recent legislative changes have played an important role in these changes. Processes of deskilling, casualization, juuenalization and feminization are being intensified. The effects the quality of working life for retail workers are examined. It is found that retail workers are having to pay a high price for the flexibilities achieved by their employers.

scholarly journals The Implications of Digitalization for Job Descriptions, Competencies and the Quality of Working Life

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niina Rintala ◽  
Sanna Suolanen
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Job Descriptions ◽  
Job Description ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Technology Changes ◽  
Working Practices ◽  
Early Phases

Abstract Radio and television program production are being digitalized, but we are still not very familiar with the implications of digitalization for journalistic professions. A qualitative case study was conducted in order to understand how journalistic job descriptions and competencies change with digitalization and how these changes are experienced in terms of the quality of working life. The results suggest that changes in job descriptions can occur in different ways: by transferring tasks from one job description to another, by fusing two or more job descriptions or by adding new tasks to the traditional job descriptions. Changes in competencies were brought about by the digitalization of production technology, changes in job descriptions and the emergence of new media and new working practices. The job descriptions of journalists became more post-bureaucratic, whereas those of editors remained bureaucratic. Especially changes in competencies were experienced as stressful. The interviewees also experienced that the quality of the programs had decreased, at least during the early phases of digitalization.

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