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TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of the recession on the quality of working life of UK managers
T2 - an empirical study
AU - Worrall, Les
AU - Cooper, Cary
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper explores the effect of the post-2007 recession on UK managers using a unique data set derived from the Quality of Working Life Project. This project has been running since 1997 in partnership with UK's Chartered Management Institute. the paper compares a wide range of measures from surveys run in 2007 (immediately before the "credit crunch") and in 2012 as the UK was slowly emerging from the recession. Data from the surveys are used to examine the extent, pace and nature or organisational change, to assess the effect of changing patterns of work on their physical and psychological well-being and their working hours. the paper reveals that the effect of change has overwhelmingly been seen as negative with declining levels of job satisfaction, work intensification and growing levels of ill health.
AB - This paper explores the effect of the post-2007 recession on UK managers using a unique data set derived from the Quality of Working Life Project. This project has been running since 1997 in partnership with UK's Chartered Management Institute. the paper compares a wide range of measures from surveys run in 2007 (immediately before the "credit crunch") and in 2012 as the UK was slowly emerging from the recession. Data from the surveys are used to examine the extent, pace and nature or organisational change, to assess the effect of changing patterns of work on their physical and psychological well-being and their working hours. the paper reveals that the effect of change has overwhelmingly been seen as negative with declining levels of job satisfaction, work intensification and growing levels of ill health.
KW - Quality of working life
KW - organisational change
KW - physical well-being
KW - psychological well-being
KW - working hours
KW - employee engagement
KW - work intensification
KW - recession
KW - UK managers
KW - United Kingdom
KW - credit crunch
KW - work patterns
KW - job satisfaction
KW - ill health
KW - employee involvement.
U2 - 10.1504/IJMP.2014.060540
DO - 10.1504/IJMP.2014.060540
M3 - Journal article
VL - 7
SP - 1
EP - 18
JO - International Journal of Management Practice
JF - International Journal of Management Practice
SN - 1477-9064
IS - 1
ER -