Job-related well-being in Britain: first findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2012

Green, Francis, Felstead, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8851-4289, Gallie, Duncan and Inanc, Hande 2013. Job-related well-being in Britain: first findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2012. [Project Report]. London: Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies, Institute of Education. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/ses2012/[hidden]res...

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Abstract

Happiness at work is an important ingredient of national well-being. It can be measured in two core dimensions – ‘enthusiasm’ for, and ‘contentment’ with, the job.  In both these dimensions, job-related well-being in British workplaces fell between 2006 and 2012. There was a small drop in the average population-wide score on the Enthusiasm scale, and a sharp fall in the score on the Contentment scale.  The fall in the Enthusiasm scale was only for men, and greatest among those with low education achievements.  The falls can partly be accounted for by rising insecurity, work intensification, and increased downsizing.  There was also a notable rise in Job Stress, and a fall in Job Satisfaction.

Item Type:	Monograph (Project Report)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Publisher:	Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies, Institute of Education
Related URLs:	Project
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 09:51
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/67988

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