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The new article written by Professors and IER鈥檚 Clare Lyonette addresses two sizable gaps in knowledge concerning male part鈥恡imers. Are men's part鈥恡ime jobs of lower quality than men's full鈥恡ime jobs? Are male part鈥恡imers more or less satisfied with their jobs compared to their full鈥恡ime peers? For both questions, the article examines whether men's part鈥恡ime employment varies by occupational class.

The article is motivated by the large body of work on female part鈥恡imers, even though male part-time work has been increasing in recent years. Its theoretical framework is rooted in one of the most controversial discussions in the sociology of women workers: the 鈥済rateful slave鈥� debate that emerged in the 1990s when researchers sought to explain why so many women expressed job satisfaction with low鈥恞uality part鈥恡ime jobs. Innovatively, this article draws upon and challenges those contentious ideas to provide new insights into male, rather than female, part鈥恡ime employment.

The results provide clear evidence of low鈥恞uality male part鈥恡ime employment in the UK, when compared with men's full鈥恡ime jobs. Men working part鈥恡ime also express deteriorating satisfaction with jobs overall and in several specific dimensions of their jobs. Male part鈥恡imers in lower occupational class positions retain a clear 鈥渓ead鈥� both in bad job quality and low satisfaction. For more details see .

Over the past six months a team from IER led by Chris Warhurst and Derek Bosworth have been constructing and analysing data on the relationship between good work and productivity in the UK. Some of this work was published in a new report by the Carnegie UK Trust and launched at the RSA in London in January.

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On 19th December 2019 IER hosts the latest meeting of the Working Life Engagement and Improvement Group' (WLEIG). The Group is a network of researchers and practitioners interested in job quality. Its aim is to improve the quality of working life in relation both to policy and practice within organizations.

The meeting is from 11.00am to 1.30pm and newcomers are welcome to participate. For details, please contact Amanda Kerry: a.kerry@warwick.ac.uk

At the end of January 2019 Professor Peter Elias will lead a workshop on 鈥�Making employment statuses count: Statistical, legal and social perspectives on atypical workers in the digital age鈥�.

The workshop will be held at the Royal Society of Arts in London and is funded and co-hosted by Deployed. It responds to the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices call for clarification on the distinction between dependent contractors and the self-employed.

In mid-January IER will host a meeting of the Working Life Engagement and Improvement Group. The group was established in 2018 by social scientists committed to using insights from social science to advance the quality of jobs and working life in the UK.

For further details contact: c.warhurst@warwick.ac.uk.