The institutional vs. the academic definition of the quality of work life. What is the focus of the European Commission?

Vicente Royuela, Jordi Lopez-Tamayo () and Jordi Suriñach
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Jordi Lopez-Tamayo: Faculty of Economics, University of Barcelona.

No 200713, IREA Working Papers from University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics

Abstract: In recent years, we have seen how the quality of work life has been focused and defined by the European Commission (EC). In our study we compare the EC definition with the academic one and try to see how close they are. We also analyse the possibility of applying the institutional definition to the Spanish case through the development of specific indicators. Our main conclusions are that QWL is increasingly important for policy makers. In addition, it is essential to have objective indicators and to conduct surveys in order to reliably measure QWL.

Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2007-07, Revised 2007-07
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