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21st century job quality

31 Aug 2007

The answer to the second question is a qualified yes: job quality is a bridge between what matters to individual Canadians in terms of quality of work life and what contributes to sustainable economic prosperity. [...] A statistically validated model of job quality confirms that the quality of an employee’s work environment and the intrinsic nature of their job shapes their work experience and impacts job performance. [...] Three things need to be done: • Employers need to take a close look at the role of job quality in their workforce renewal strategies; • A national survey of job quality in Canada needs to be implemented by interested stakeholders, particularly governments and employers; and • Voluntary standards need to be developed and implemented for improving job quality in areas where existing evidence support [...] Summary of Job Quality Trends Over the past decade or more, seven of the major job quality trends were stable, 12 moved in a positive direction for job quality, and 10 indicated decreases in job quality. [...] A vital link in the prosperity chain is an individual’s quality of work life, meaning the positive experiences flowing from the quality of their job and work environment.
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Authors

Lowe, Graham

Pages
109
Published in
Canada

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