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Conceiving, designing and trailing a short‐form measure of job quality: a proof‐of‐concept study

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  • Alan Felstead
  • Duncan Gallie
  • Francis Green
  • Golo Henseke

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The government has accepted the Taylor Review's recommendation that it should report annually on job quality in the UK. This article argues that three principles need to be followed in choosing the right measures and shows how these principles have been used to create a short job quality quiz (www.howgoodismyjob.com).

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  • Alan Felstead & Duncan Gallie & Francis Green & Golo Henseke, 2019. "Conceiving, designing and trailing a short‐form measure of job quality: a proof‐of‐concept study," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 50(1), pages 2-19, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:indrel:v:50:y:2019:i:1:p:2-19
    DOI: 10.1111/irj.12241
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