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  • Does it Pay to be Family-Friendly?

    Exploring the Business Case

    Bevan S | Jul 2001 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Flexible working is one of the most important vehicles for improving employees' ability to balance the demands of work and life. This paper summarises the main elements of a business case for flexible working. In doing so it draws upon labour market forecasts, research on employee demand for flexible working and recent studies of the bottom-line impact of adopting such practices.

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    European Social Fund Objective 3: Leavers Survey 1999

    Dewson S, Atkinson J, Goldstone C, Glendinning R | Jul 2001 | Department for Education and Skills

    The study aimed to assess the experiences of beneficiaries who had taken part in Objective 3 projects to explore their labour market difficulties, identify their activities on the projects, and ultimately to look at their outcomes from the projects. In essence, the research sought to learn whether ESF Objective 3 had made any difference to the labour market chances of those taking part.

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    Long-term Evaluation of Self-employment Assistance Provided by the Prince's Trust

    Initial Findings

    Meager N, Bates P, Cowling M | Jul 2001 | Department for Education and Skills

    This report contains initial findings from a three-year study, following a sample of young people (aged 18-30) receiving business start-up support from The Prince's Trust. The study aimed to identify the wider benefits of such support, in comparison with other labour market interventions and, in particular, to look at the impact of such programmes on longer-term employability.

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    July 2001 Graduate Salaries and Vacancies Half-Yearly Review

    Barber L, Perryman S | Jun 2001 | Association of Graduate Recruiters

    IES 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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    eWork in Europe

    Results from the EMERGENCE 18-Country Employer Survey

    Huws U, O'Regan S | Jun 2001 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Another report from the acclaimed EMERGENCE Project, this pioneering survey tracks, for the first time, the use of eWork across the EU and in the three largest Central and Eastern Europe candidate states. Not only does it show employers' use of ICT to support homeworking and multilocational working, and to relocate work to remote back offices and call centres, it also documents the use of electronically supported outsourcing, the locations involved, and the reasons for their choice.

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    Employers' Views of Postgraduate Physicists

    Jagger N, with Davis S, Lain D, Sinclair E, Sinclair T | Jun 2001 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

    This study was commissioned by the Physics Programme of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The study was intended to examine the views of those who employ postgraduate physicists as to both the quantity and quality of the current provision. In line with previous studies covering postgraduates of other disciplines, special emphasis was put on examining employers' requirements in terms of soft skills.

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    Attracting New Learners: a Literature Review

    Hillage J, Aston J | Jun 2001 | Learning and Skills Development Agency

    This report provides a review of the literature on initiatives to stimulate demand for post-16 learning. Examples of policy and practice initiatives from the UK, America, Europe and Australia are categorised into three broad types: stimulating mass demand, through widespread publicity, provision of advice and guidance or funding and making the provision of learning more flexible; stimulating demand for learning among targeted groups of individuals and communities; and stimulating demand among employees and for work-related learning.

  • A Critical Review of Psychosocial Hazard Measures

    Rick J, Briner R B, Daniels K, Perryman S, Guppy A | Jun 2001 | Health and Safety Executive

    This report focuses on the research tools used to quantify factors causing stress in the workplace. The report identifies existing approaches and looks for evidence of their reliability (do they produce consistent measures) and the validity of their results (do they measure what they are supposed to).

  • The Problem of Minority Performance in Organisations

    Tackey N D, Tamkin P, Sheppard E | May 2001 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This research brief concentrates on one of the key determinants of progression within organisations: the performance management process. It explores the literature on the relationship between ethnicity and performance in order to understand the issues that may contribute to the frequently observed under-performance of minority ethnic employees.

  • Executive Coaching: Inspiring Performance at Work

    Carter A | May 2001 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Executive coaching, largely an import from the US, swept the boardrooms of Europe in the late 90s and early 2000s. It was arguably the 'hot topic' for meeting senior management development needs in many employing organisations. It is a form of tailored work-related development for senior managers which spans business, functional and personal skills. There is more than one significant relationship to consider, ie coach and executive, coach and commissioner, and commissioner and executive. Issues of trust and control emerge in seeking to understand the successful interplay between these various relationships.