Job Quality

Question 1

Job Quality Concepts

Answer 1

Quality of working life
Fair work
Decent work
Good work 
Wellbeing 
Fulfilling
Meaningful

Question 2

CIPD’s 7-dimenson model

Answer 2

1. Pay + benefits
2. Terms of Employment
3. Health, Safety, Psychosocial Wellbeing
4. Job Design
5. Voice
6. Social Support
7. Work-life Balance

Question 3

Intrinsic aspects

Answer 3

Nature of work required
e.g meaningfulness of work
Job you like doing and need to use your initiative

Question 4

Extrinsic Aspects

Answer 4

external context in which job tasks are performed

e.g wages, benefits, job security, hours of work

Question 5

Objective concepts

Answer 5

‘Essential characteristics of jobs that meet workers’ needs’
- wages, hours, type of work
AIM- obtain a measure of JQ independent of workers personal circumstances.

Question 6

Subjective concepts

Answer 6

Workers have different preferences over job features

AIM- obtain measures of the extent to which job meets workers preferences

Question 7

HRM do about JQ?

Answer 7

• focus on managerial choice, organisational values, practices and strategies