Welcome to this platform!

Work - the foundation of wellbeing

This website provides research results, resources, and information on the topic of work. For many people, their work is constitutive of their wellbeing – for example by income, recognition, or social relations. This page aims to provide information on work quality and assist you in understanding – and ultimately improving – your own work situation.

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Bedingungen

Conditions

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Scope

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Aesthetic

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Character

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Recognition

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Reward

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Power structures

Understanding work quality

Dimensions of Work

Work quality encompasses multiple different dimensions – it matters not just under which conditions we work, but also what we’re working and what kind of recognition we get. Find out more about the different dimensions of work quality: 

Aims

Making lasting improvements to work quality, research, and policymaking

Various intersectional crises impact how work quality and thereby people's wellbeing develop. Simultaneously, increased focus on work quality bears the potential of mitigating or overcoming these crises. Find out more about the aims of this project.

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Research

Research process and methodology

All information and insights presented on this website were collected for a doctoral thesis. Find out more about the research process behind this thesis – if you have any questions, get in touch via the contact form below.

Oliver Suchy, German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)

In Conversation

World politics and transformation

Oliver Suchy explains why quantity and quality of work need attention:
 

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