The institutional vs. the academic definition of the quality of work life. What is the focus of the European Commission?


Autoria(s): Royuela Mora, Vicente; López-Tamayo, Jordi; Suriñach Caralt, Jordi
Resumo

In recent years, we have seen how the quality of work life has been focused and defined by the European Commission (EC). In our study we compare the EC definition with the academic one and try to see how close they are. We also analyse the possibility of applying the institutional definition to the Spanish case through the development of specific indicators. Our main conclusions are that QWL is increasingly important for policy makers. In addition, it is essential to have objective indicators and to conduct surveys in order to reliably measure QWL.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/2445/63555

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública

Direitos

cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Royuela Mora et al., 2007

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Palavras-Chave #Qualitat de vida en el treball #Productivitat #Política d'ocupació #Centres d'investigació #Universitats #Investigadors #Quality of work life #Productivity #Manpower policy #Research institutes #Universities #Research workers
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper