Line managers play a central role in shaping working experiences and building more effective and productive workplaces. In particular, they are ideally placed to prevent, contain and resolve conflict at work, which currently costs UK organisations more than £28billion per year. But research has consistently shown that most managers are not provided with the skills […]
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The ESRC PrOPEL Hub’s key focus is to explore how high-quality, inclusive, and engaging people practices can drive productivity and performance in the workplace. However, microbusinesses face a number of challenges in their delivery of people management and sometimes current support fails to reflect the lived experience of running a small business. CREME at Aston University and ESRC PrOPEL Hub
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In this blog Carolina Marin-Cadavid, Knowledge Exchange Associate from the University of Strathclyde, reflects on the results from the project: Fair work for engagement innovation and productivity. This study was led by Patricia Findlay from the Scottish Centre for Employment Research (SCER) at Strathclyde Business School. Coming to the end of this project, we have engaged
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In this PrOPEL Hub video, Professor Martin McCracken is joined by Dr Denise Currie (Queens University Belfast), Michelle Lestas (InBizTogether) and Marek Zemanik (CIPD) who explore the positive and negative work practices in a post Covid-19 workplace. Prior to the Covid 19 pandemic, the opportunity to work in a more flexible way was something that many employees
The new normal – good and bad workplace practices that are here to stay Read More »
In this PrOPEL Hub and Interact video, Professor Colin Lindsay is joined by Dr Paula Apascaritei & Professor Marta Elvira from IESE Business School, who explain how to apply the knowledge and research evidence on dynamic capabilities to HRM to positively impact employee well-being and performance Dynamic capabilities represent a debated academic topic: researchers disagree
Working in sectors like retail, hospitality and care has always had its tough moments, but the pandemic has made this even harder. The Good Jobs Project looked into how businesses can improve the frontline experience of work. In this blog, Dr Helen Fitzhugh introduces resources created by the team. The upheaval from the pandemic has
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In the second in our Spotlight on Microbusinesses series, we gather a range of public and private policy stakeholders to explore the challenges and opportunities business support organisations face in delivering interventions to micro-firms. The newly published Levelling Up White Paper marks the launch of a decade-long project by the UK Government to level up Britain, with
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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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This PrOPEL Hub research showcase video offers insight into six years of ESRC-funded work on workplace wellbeing and productivity at the University of East Anglia and RAND Europe. Our speakers discuss selected research findings and how they are creating an evidence-based online wellbeing toolkit, which will be available to employers and managers on the PrOPEL
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On 23rd April, Acas ran a webinar on “Making the Business Case for Mediation” with a panel of Mediation experts. Please see below for the main messages from panellists as well as further resources. Main take-aways: Challenges of low productivity across the GB economic landscape, and businesses role to address the crisis with a need to
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