Heyes, J., Tomlinson, M. and Whitworth, A. orcid.org/0000-0001-6119-9373 (2017) Underemployment and well-being in the UK before and after the Great Recession. Work, Employment and Society, 31 (1). pp. 71-89. ISSN 0950-0170
Abstract
Since the start of the economic crisis in 2008 there has been widespread concern with changes in the level and composition of unemployment. The phenomenon of underemployment has, however, received markedly less attention, although it too increased in extent following the start of the crisis. This article considers the consequences of underemployment for the subjective well-being of UK employees. Drawing on data from the 2006 and 2012 Employment and Skills Surveys, the article assesses how the Great Recession affected relationships between different dimensions of underemployment and well-being. The findings demonstrate that the negative well-being consequences of workers’ dissatisfaction with opportunities to make use of their abilities became more substantial, as did the consequences of being ‘hours constrained’ and having an unsatisfactory workload. The article also shows that the economic crisis had a negative impact on the well-being of employees who work very long hours.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Work, Employment and Society. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Economic crisis; Great Recession; job quality; labour market; underemployment; well-being |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Geography (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2016 13:33 |
Last Modified: | 11 Mar 2020 09:52 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017016666199 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0950017016666199 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:108824 |