Job Quality Flashcards

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Why is job quality important?

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People spend a large portion of their lives at work, so job quality can be linked to quality of life

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What does job quality affect?

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Quality of life
Attitudes
Behaviours
Outcomes

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What are the seven aspects of the CIPD’s seven-dimensional model of job quality?

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Pay and benefits
Health, safety and psychosocial wellbeing
Social support and cohesion
Terms of employment
Job design and nature of work
Work-life balance
Voice and representation
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What is the key functional difference between the CIPD’s model and other models of job quality?

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The CIPD model looks at both objective and subjective aspects of each dimension

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What is the general definition of job quality?

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The extent to which a set of job attributes contributes to, or detracts from, worker happiness

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What are intrinsic aspects of a job?

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The aspects of the job that are rooted in the nature of the work

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What are the extrinsic aspects of a job?

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The aspects of the job that provide the external context in which the tasks are done

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How does HRM relate to improving job quality?

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Their role includes shaping job quality through managerial choices, and organisational values, practices, and strategies

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