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Management & UK 2030: The Path to Enhanced Productivity & Human Capital Investment

Managing people

Bharthi Keshwara of the Chartered Management Institute shares insights from the CMI’s recent ‘Management & UK 2030’ report, and makes the case for long-term investment in improved management capabilities. The UK has seen a return to economic growth earlier than expected, inflation has stabilised to target levels, and the Bank of England has cut interest […]

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Reflections on Mental Health, Workplace Wellbeing and Productivity

Improving wellbeing

Professor Colin Lindsay, Director of ESRC PrOPEL Hub, reflects on insights from our recent Knowledge Into Practice event, hosted in collaboration the Enterprise Research Centre, on Mental Health, Workplace Wellbeing and Productivity Here at the ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council PrOPEL Hub, we hugely enjoyed partnering with the Enterprise Research Centre (UK) on our

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Productivity Outcomes of Workplace Practice, Engagement, & Learning: Insights from the ESCR PrOPEL Hub

Boosting innovation, Engaging employees, Improving wellbeing, Managing people, Supporting diversity

ESRC PrOPEL Hub has been a bridge to boost productivity and wellbeing in public and private organisations. This has been possible by transforming the outputs of cutting-edge research projects into practice. PrOPEL Hub has exchanged knowledge and provided practical lessons to the organisations through different deliveries such as hackathons, toolkits, podcasts, blogs, and free online

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Managing people for performance and wellbeing: Towards a Sustainable Practice Action Research Community (SPARC) for evidence-based HRM

Improving wellbeing, Managing people

At ESRC PrOPEL Hub, our partnership with the CIPD is a crucial component in our work to engage with HR stakeholders and people managers to turn knowledge into practice. We are committed to ensuring that people managers have access to cutting-edge, robust and actionable research; and that the research community can learn from frontline managers

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Time to change: advancing the UK’s ethnic minority businesses

Supporting diversity

In this blog, Professor Monder Ram draws on evidence from the recent Time to Change Report to advocate for better and more inclusive support for ethnic minority entrepreneurs to help boost the UK economy.  A £100 billion boost to the UK economy is tantalisingly within reach if the country’s ethnic minority businesses (EMBs) are given

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How to save £12 Billion: Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing in the NHS

Improving wellbeing

In this PrOPEL Hub blog, Professor Sara Connolly summarises findings from the new International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) report and highlights the need for greater investment in NHS staff wellbeing. Poor mental health and wellbeing costs the NHS an estimated £12.1 billion a year, according to analysis by the University of East Anglia and RAND Europe in a new

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The Silent Majority: A Deep Dive on People Management Support for Microbusinesses

Boosting innovation

Our smallest businesses (0-49 employees) make up 99.3% of the UK’s total business population.  They account for 36% of the UK’s turnover and serve an important role in the heart of communities. However, many micro businesses face barriers in trying to access support and advice to improve the productivity and wellbeing of their workforce. They

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Charting the Impact and Legacy of the Great Homeworking Experiment

Managing people

In this blog Alan Felstead of Cardiff University discusses the publication of his new book Remote Working: A Research Overview.  The book provides an accessible overview of the history of remote working and the impact of the massive shifts in the location of work that have occurred because of the global pandemic. One of the principal

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The Importance of Family, History and Place for Trade Union Membership

Engaging employees

In this PrOPEL Hub Research Showcase video Rhys Davies, Professor Alan Felstead and Professor Alex Bryson explore the importance of family, history and place in supporting favourable attitudes towards union membership. Trade union membership is regarded both as a route to and a key indicator of fair work. Union membership is associated with higher earnings

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