Publications
We author and publish a range of resources to keep you up to date with the latest developments in employment, labour market and human resource policy and practice.
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Review of Existing Supporting Scientific Knowledge to Underpin Standards of Good Practice for Key Work-Related Stressors, Phase 1
Rick J, Thomson L, Briner R, O'Regan S, Daniels K | Sep 2002 | Health and Safety ExecutiveThis study was undertaken to identify the best available evidence on the ways in which nine stressors affect individuals at work.
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Higher Education: The Second Skills Foresight Report
Maginn A, Perryman S | Sep 2002 | Higher Education Staff Development AgencyThis report maps the higher education labour market, identifying trends where possible, with a particular focus on skills issues. It reviews evidence for the whole workforce, and specifically for the higher education workforce, drawing on data from the Labour Force Survey (2001), the IES/HESDA employer survey (staff, skills, training and development in 2001), and the IRS/UCEA employer survey (staff recruitment and retention, 2001). This publication is no longer available.
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An Assessment of Skill Needs in Post-16 Education and Training
Maginn A, Williams M | Aug 2002 | Department for Education and SkillsThis report summarised the most up-to-date information about skills issue in the post-16 education and training sector in 2002. In particular, it sought to draw together common themes that affect employers and employees working in further and higher education, community and adult education, training and workforce development.
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The Trainer as Executive Coach
Carter A | Aug 2002 | Institute for Employment StudiesThe business management press is regularly urging all executives to get themselves a coach or be left behind as the 'next big thing' in performance improvement rolls past. So what is executive coaching? How does executive coaching work from a coach's perspective? What makes a good executive coach? And how can trainers develop their skills in this area? Alison Carter provides the answers.
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Employers Skill Survey 2002
Hillage J, Regan J, Dickson J, McLoughlin K | Aug 2002 | Department for Education and SkillsThe 2002 Employers Skill Survey is the third in a series designed to investigate the extent, causes and implications of skill deficiencies in England. It is based on a structured sample of 4,000 telephone interviews with employers with five or more employees in the nine English regions, conducted between January and March 2002.
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E-Work in Ireland
Bates P, Bertin I, Huws U | Jul 2002 | Institute for Employment StudiesThere are many types of e-working, ranging from large, transnational contracts between organisations to local use of self-employed 'e-lancers'. E-working also facilitates various types of business outsourcing, an issue that has previously received little attention. To what extent are Irish organisations making use of this potential to relocate work? Which remote sites are being selected? What are the criteria used for selecting them? How does Ireland compare with other European countries in its use of e-work? And is Ireland an attractive destination for e-work originating from organisations in other countries?
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July 2002 Graduate Salaries and Vacancies Half Yearly Review
Barber L, Regan J, Papworth R | Jun 2002 | Association of Graduate RecruitersIES continued its work for the Association of Graduate Recruiters with this edition of the twice-yearly survey for AGR Members. The report is free to AGR members and can be ordered directly from the AGR.
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Jobs on the Move
European Case Studies in Relocating eWork
Flecker J, Kirschenhofer S | Jun 2002 | Institute for Employment StudiesIn 2001 the EMERGENCE team carried out 62 case studies in 18 European countries, of organisations which had relocated or outsourced work to remote sites using new technologies. Each case study consisted of a 'source' in one region and a 'destination' in another region or country. Eight distinct types of relocation are identified. Many factors are involved in the choice of location, and successful relocation depends on technological, organisational and social factors. Relocation places considerable demands on personnel at both source and destination organisations and may require a complete overhaul of business processes.
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Modelling eWork in Europe
Estimates, models and forecasts from the EMERGENCE project
Bates P, Huws U | Jun 2002 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis report draws on the results of the EMERGENCE 18-country employer study and combines them with data from European labour force surveys to develop models of eWorking. Four distinct types of 'individual' eWorkers are identified in the study: telehomeworkers, multilocational eWorkers, eLancers, and the eEnabled self-employed. The EMERGENCE team has developed forecasts for the spread of each of these individual forms of eWork over the next decade.
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What Difference Did it Make?
Impact of the Adult and Community Learning Fund
Tyers C, Aston J | Jun 2002 | National Institute of Adult Continuing EducationThis document presents research designed to evaluate the Adult and Community Learning Fund. A key aim of the research was to examine the impact of the ACLF on the organisations involved, the individuals taking part in learning activities, and the communities which the Fund was designed to serve.