As part of our ‘Building and Embedding Resilience’ miniseries, PrOPEL Hub knowledge exchange fellows Dr Nicola Murray and Dr Helen Fitzhugh explore what is meant by resilience and why it matters. The concept of ‘resilience’ has been in the spotlight lately as organisations navigate the numerous challenges thrown up by the COVID pandemic. However, despite […]
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PrOPEL Hub Knowledge Exchange Fellow Dr Helen Fitzhugh shares details of her and colleagues’ research as part of Norwich Business School and in collaboration with Norwich Good Economy Commission to improve the experience of work as employers build back after COVID-19 and shares how firms interested in sharing their experiences can get involved. The Good Jobs
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Are you newly managing remote workers? Or managing remote workers far more than previously? You are not alone. Many people are learning that working and managing remotely feel different from face-to-face. We are identifying important implications for worker wellbeing and productivity. A new checklist from Norwich Business School at the University of East Anglia is
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In the early COVID-19 lockdown, many workers were asked to work from home. As workplace wellbeing researchers, Professor Kevin Daniels and Dr Helen Fitzhugh decided to explore what might be in store for workers if they ended up having to work from home, isolated from colleagues and confined within their living space, long-term. They
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In this blog, Amy Isham and Helen Fitzhugh reflect on three common ideas about pursuing productivity growth and what these different approaches mean in practice.
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What can we learn from research on ‘safety critical’ workplaces? Did you know what ‘PPE’ meant before March 2020? If you did, it was probably because you needed personal protective equipment to work in one of the existing ‘safety critical’ workplaces: somewhere where serious harm or death could result with no protection in place. Now,
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Before COVID-19 hit, the existing research on home-working by choice suggested it brought a lot of positive outcomes. However, many of us have been forced to home-work since March 2020 and it is unclear how long this may continue. Professor Kevin Daniels and Dr Helen Fitzhugh of the University of East Anglia carried out a
In this video Rebecca Lewis Smith from Fountain discusses company culture, wellbeing and performance with Dr Helen Fitzhugh of Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia. Rebecca and Helen discuss: What to think about when managing remote workers for the first time The stresses and strains of isolated and confined working Ways to mitigate issues
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In this video, Dr Helen Fitzhugh, Professor Colin Lindsay and Professor Kevin Daniels share insights on how organisations can build wellbeing and engagement into the new normal for businesses. Kevin and Colin discuss how focussing on job quality can help businesses and workers be ready to tackle new challenges, even in a crisis. They offer
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Many managers want to support employee wellbeing, but do not know where to start. Dr Helen Fitzhugh was funded to go out and speak with people in businesses across the Eastern region about where they were on the wellbeing and productivity journey. This involved listening to the experiences of senior managers in a wide variety
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