Reflecting the changing world of work? A critique of existing survey measures and a proposal for capturing new ways of working

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dc.contributor.authorLott, Yvonne
dc.contributor.authorKelliher, Clare
dc.contributor.authorChung, Heejung
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-25T13:29:09Z
dc.date.available2022-11-25T13:29:09Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-28
dc.description.abstractIn recent decades we have seen significant and varied changes in the world of work. Most prominent among these is the diminishing prevalence of the standard employment relationship. These changes challenge traditional notions of what constitute ‘employment’, ‘employers’, ‘employees’, the ‘workplace’ and the ‘working day’. Many current survey instruments are still based on the concept of the standard employment relationship, however. This article illustrates some limitations of existing conceptualisations and definitions of flexible work arrangements and of the instruments used to measure them in major surveys. It also suggests ways of tackling these limitations. The aim of highlighting potential limitations of existing survey instruments is to enable data users to be more reflective about what the results actually do and do not report, and to encourage survey designers to modify existing instruments and develop new instruments to better capture contemporary realities, including multiple jobholding and internet and platform work.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationLott Y, Kelliher C, Chung H. (2022) Reflecting the changing world of work? A critique of existing survey measures and a proposal for capturing new ways of working. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, Volume 28, Issue 4, November 2022, pp. 457–473en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1024-2589
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/10242589221130597
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/18747
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSAGEen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectConceptualisationen_UK
dc.subjectdefinition and measurement of flexible work arrangementsen_UK
dc.subjectstandard employment relationshipen_UK
dc.subject‘normal’ work biographyen_UK
dc.subjectmultiple-job holdingen_UK
dc.subjectinternet and platform worken_UK
dc.subjectflexitimeen_UK
dc.subjectworking from homeen_UK
dc.titleReflecting the changing world of work? A critique of existing survey measures and a proposal for capturing new ways of workingen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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