Francis Green

Athro Economeg Gwaith ac Addysg University College London

francis.green@ucl.ac.uk (0)207 911 5530

Mae'r cynnwys hwn ar gael yn Saesneg yn unig.

Francis Green Bio

Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2023

Trosolwg O ystyried newidiadau cymdeithasol a pholisïau diweddar, mae’r DU yn wynebu angen cynyddol i wybod sut mae’r byd gwaith wedi newid. Nod cyffredinol yr Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2023 (ASC2023) yw casglu data arolwg cadarn ar sgiliau a phrofiadau cyflogaeth pobl 20-65 oed sy’n gweithio ym Mhrydain yn 2023. Bydd ASC2023 yn ychwanegiad gwerthfawr…

Tîm Ymchwil: Alan Felstead (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Curtis Jessop (NatCen Social Research), Duncan Gallie (University of Oxford), Francis Green (University College London), Golo Henseke (University College London), Joanna D'Ardenne (NatCen Social Research), Martin Wood (NatCen Social Research), Rhys Davies (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Ying Zhou (University of Surrey)

Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2017

Trosolwg Mae’r Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth (2017) yn casglu data am beth mae pobl yn ei wneud yn y gwaith, pa sgiliau maen nhw’n eu defnyddio a sut maen nhw’n gweithio. Arolwg 2017 yw’r seithfed mewn cyfres o arolygon a ddechreuodd ym 1986. Cymerodd cyfanswm o 3,306 o weithwyr ran yn yr arolwg diweddaraf. Mae’r…

Tîm Ymchwil: Alan Felstead (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Duncan Gallie (University of Oxford), Francis Green (University College London), Golo Henseke (University College London)

Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth

Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2012

Mae’r Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth (2012) yn casglu data am beth mae pobl yn ei wneud yn y gwaith, pa sgiliau maen nhw’n eu defnyddio a sut maen nhw’n gweithio. Dyma’r chweched mewn cyfres o arolygon sampl cynrychioliadol o weithwyr ym Mhrydain sy’n ymestyn yn ôl dros 30 mlynedd. Mae’r arolygon trawstoriadol hyn yn cynnig ffordd…

Tîm Ymchwil: Alan Felstead (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Duncan Gallie (University of Oxford), Francis Green (University College London)

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A comparison of job quality for teachers in private and state schools in the post-pandemic world

This report presents findings from new research comparing the job quality, other than pay, of private and state school teachers in post-pandemic England and Wales, including those based at elite private schools, based on a survey of private and state school teachers who are members of the National Education Union. Information was obtained from 14,212…

Addysg, Anghydraddoldeb | Mai 2024

Erthyglau Cyfnodolyn

Degrees of demand: a task-based analysis of the British graduate labour market

This study investigates the evolving demand for graduate skills in the British workforce, leveraging a task-based approach with data from the Skills and Employment Survey Series. Focused on the changing importance of job tasks related to graduate skills, the research explores the mapping of these tasks to educational attainment, discerns the price employers pay for…

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Mai 2024

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Working in Schools: Job Quality of educational professionals before and after the pandemic

The quality of the education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers. But this Government has made the profession less and less attractive to new graduates. This important report exposes how hard teachers’ working lives have become. It makes a clear, succinct and powerful case that the intensity of teachers’ work is unsustainable. The…

Addysg | Gorffennaf 2023

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Briefing: Teachers’ Job Quality Before and After the Pandemic: First Findings

Research undertaken before the pandemic showed that the job quality of teachers in Britain had been declining in two key respects for a number of years. First, their work was becoming much more intensive, meaning that the rate of their physical or mental input was increasing, just in order to cover their required workloads. By…

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Ebrill 2023

Erthyglau Cyfnodolyn

Getting the Measure of Employee-Driven Innovation and Its Workplace Correlates

Innovation is traditionally viewed as an activity which involves a small band of highly skilled workers. By examining the results of a British survey of employees, this article breaks with this approach. It makes two distinctive contributions. First, it provides new insights into the extent to which employees of all kinds come up with ideas…

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2017 | Chwefror 2020

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Unpredictable times: the extent, characteristics and correlates of insecure hours of work in Britain

This article presents new British evidence that suggests that cutting working hours at short notice is twice as prevalent as zero-hours contracts and triple the number of employees are very anxious about unexpected changes to their hours of work. The pay of these employees tends to be lower, work intensity higher, line management support weaker…

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2017 | Ionawr 2020

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

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).

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2017 | Ionawr 2019

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Insecurity at Work in Britain: First Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2017

Insecurity at work can take several forms – the risk of job loss, the difficulty of securing a replacement job with an equally good one, anxieties about the job being downgraded, worries about being treated badly at work, and sudden and unexpected changes to hours of work. This report examines the scale and distribution of…

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2017 | Hydref 2018

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Participation at Work in Britain: First Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2017

Participation at work is an important determinant of personal well-being and is considered to be a key factor for enhancing motivation and productivity in technologically advanced economies. The report examines trends in different types of participation among British workers, some of the factors that were associated with them and the implications of participation for worker…

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2017 | Hydref 2018

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Work Intensity in Britain: First Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2017

This report shows how the intensity with which people work while doing their jobs has changed in recent years.

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2017 | Hydref 2018

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Fairness at Work in Britain: First Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2017

Employees’ views about fairness at work are of central policy concern for their implications for personal well-being and for the desire to raise worker motivation to achieve higher productivity. This report examines beliefs about fairness among British workers and some of the factors that were important in affecting these beliefs.

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2017 | Gorffennaf 2018

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Skills Trends at Work in Britain: First Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2017

Skilled jobs benefit workers and the economy alike. This report examines the evolution of job skills, the changing importance of post-graduate qualifications and gender gaps in job skills over the last 20 years in Britain. Skills trends are contrasted with faltering technical and organisational change.

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2017 | Gorffennaf 2018

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Productivity in Britain: The Workers’ Perspective – First Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2017

Almost a decade after the financial crisis began, productivity growth has failed to recover to its pre-recession level. This report examines productivity growth from the workers’ perspective.

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2017 | Gorffennaf 2018

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What are the Best Measures of Good Work? Three Principles for Measurement Selection

Job quality, or the promotion of good work, is a ‘hot topic’. It has featured as a prominent element in three separate government reports published in the space of eight months. This began with the publication of the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices in July 2017. One of its recommendations was that ‘more effort…

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2017 | Mai 2018

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Skills and Employment Survey 2017 – Technical Briefing

The aim of this Briefing is two-fold. First, it provides data users with a concise and succinct outline of the fieldwork protocols and outcomes used to produce the Skills and Employment Survey 2017 (SES2017). A fuller account can be found in the Technical Report provided by GfK which is available on the project web site.[1] …

Data a Dulliau, Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2017 | Mawrth 2018

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The implications of direct participation for organisational commitment, job satisfaction and affective psychological well-being: a longitudinal analysis

The article examines the implications of direct participation for employees’ organisational commitment, job satisfaction and affective psychological well-being. It focuses on both task discretion and organisational participation. Applying fixed effect models to nationally representative longitudinal data, the study provides a more rigorous assessment of the conflicting claims for the effects of participation that have hitherto…

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2017 | Mehefin 2017

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The determinants of skills use and work pressure: A longitudinal analysis

Employers, workers and governments all have a stake in improving intrinsic job quality since it can help to raise worker well-being and lower the social costs of ill-health. This article provides a unique insight into factors triggering changes to two key aspects of intrinsic job quality – the skills used and developed at work, and…

Data a Dulliau, Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2017 | Gorffennaf 2016

Erthyglau Cyfnodolyn

The hidden face of job insecurity

Drawing on nationally representative data for British employees, the article argues for a more comprehensive concept of job insecurity, including not only job tenure insecurity but also job status insecurity, relating to anxiety about changes to valued features of the job. It shows that job status insecurity is highly prevalent in the workforce and is…

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2012 | Ionawr 2016

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Unequal Britain at Work

The book provides the first systematic assessment of trends in inequality in job quality in Britain over recent decades. It assesses the pattern of change drawing on the nationally representative Skills and Employment Surveys (SES) carried out at regular intervals from 1986 to 2012. These surveys collect data from workers themselves, thereby providing a unique…

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2012 | Awst 2015

Erthyglau Cyfnodolyn

The declining volume of workers’ training in Britain

The conventional focus on the training participation rate, rather than training volume, in official statistics and research has obscured a radical transformation in workers’ training in Britain. To obtain a picture of the trend in training volume, we synthesize a narrative through a new analysis of multiple surveys. The duration of training fell sharply with…

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2012 | Mai 2015

Erthyglau Cyfnodolyn

Direct Participation and Employee Learning at Work

The creation of a learning environment at work has been seen as an essential concomitant of the growth of an advanced economy. This article explores the implications of direct participation for different types of employee learning, drawing upon the British Skills and Employment Surveys of 2006 and 2012. It confirms that direct participation is strongly…

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2012 | Ebrill 2015

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Fits, misfits and interactions: learning at work, job satisfaction and job-related well-being

The resource-based view (RBV) of the firm has focused attention on the importance of aligning employees’ needs with the requirements of the jobs they do. This article focuses on how these needs and requirements interact in terms of learning. It does so in two ways. First, it develops new survey instruments to capture the learning…

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2012 | Mawrth 2015

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Job-Related Well-Being Through the Great Recession

We study how job-related well-being (measured by Warr’s ‘Enthusiasm’ and ‘Contentment’ scales) altered through the Great Recession, and how this is related to changing job quality. Using nationally representative data for Britain, we find that job-related well-being was stable between 2001 and 2006, but then declined between 2006 and 2012. We report relevant changes in…

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2012 | Rhagfyr 2014

Erthyglau Cyfnodolyn

The quality of work in Britain over the economic crisis

Previous research on trends in the quality of work in Britain was carried out in a period marked by long-term growth and increasing prosperity. Although often taken as an exemplar case of a ‘liberal’ regime, the implications of an emphasis on deregulation and work-force flexibility for employees’ quality of work are arguably less serious when…

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2012 | Awst 2014

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Fear at Work in Britain: First Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2012

Fear at work can take several forms – worry about loss of employment, about unfair treatment and about job status loss in the organisation. This report examines what has been happening in British workplaces over the last decade.

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2012 | Mai 2013

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Work Intensification in Britain: First Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2012

Working hard can be challenging, stressful and costly, but it can also be stimulating, rewarding and financially beneficial. Work intensification was a feature of the early 1990s, after which work effort levelled off. This report tracks what has been happening in recent years.

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2012 | Mai 2013

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Job-Related Well-Being in Britain: First Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2012

Happiness at work is an important ingredient of national well-being. It can be measured in two core dimensions – ‘enthusiasm’ for, and ‘contentment’ with, the job.

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2012 | Mai 2013

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Skills at Work in Britain: First Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2012

Large investments of time and money are made by government, employers and workers in education and training. For the economy to thrive, the best use needs to be made of the skills produced. This report provides new evidence on whether employers in Britain are doing so and whether jobs are being upskilled.

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2012 | Ebrill 2013

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Training in Britain: First Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2012

Good quality and extensive training opportunities are essential for increasing the skills of the workforce. This report tracks what has been happening in Britain’s workplaces in recent years.

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2012 | Ebrill 2013

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Job Control in Britain: First Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2012

Employees’ ability to influence decisions at work is one of the most important factors affecting their motivation and psychological well-being, and is also associated with good physical health. This report examines the trends in different types of employee control in British workplaces, and presents a mixed picture.

Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth, Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth 2012 | Ebrill 2013

First page of the Written evidence given to the House of Commons Education Committee’s Inquiry into teacher, recruitment, training, and retention

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Written evidence given to the House of Commons Education Committee’s Inquiry into teacher, recruitment, training, and retention

This evidence is submitted by Professor Francis Green from UCL, and by Dr Katy Huxley and Professor Alan Felstead from Cardiff University. The evidence addresses two of the questions in the call for evidence: • What are the main factors leading to difficulties recruiting and retaining qualified teachers? • How do challenges in teacher recruitment,…

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Newyddion

Mae ansawdd swyddi athrawon yn is mewn ysgolion gwladol nag mewn ysgolion preifat

28 Mai 2024 | Alan Felstead, Francis Green, Katy Huxley

Mae astudiaeth newydd yn dangos bod 60% o athrawon mewn ysgolion gwladol yn dod adref o’r gwaith wedi ymladd bob dydd, o gymharu â 37% o athrawon mewn ysgolion preifat sydd ‘ymhlith y gorau’ Mae athrawon o ysgolion gwladol yn fwy tebygol o fod yn gweithio ar ‘gyflymder uchel iawn’ gyda llai o annibyniaeth Mae…

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Newyddion

Mae ymchwilwyr WISERD yn cyflwyno eu canfyddiadau am ansawdd swyddi athrawon

3 Ebrill 2023 | Alan Felstead, Francis Green, Katy Huxley

Cyflwynodd Katy Huxley, Alan Felstead (WISERD) a Francis Green (UCL) ganlyniadau cyntaf eu hymchwil ar newid yn ansawdd swyddi athrawon mewn digwyddiad ymylol yng nghynhadledd flynyddol yr Undeb Addysg Cenedlaethol (NEU) yn Harrogate heddiw (3 Ebrill 2023). Mae’r dystiolaeth yn seiliedig ar brosiect ymchwil a gynhaliwyd gan WISERD ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd ac UCL. Mae’r canlyniadau’n…

Addysg, Data a Dulliau, Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol