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Extending conceptual boundaries: work, voluntary work and employment
- Author:
- TAYLOR Rebecca
- Journal article citation:
- Work Employment and Society, 18(1), March 2004, pp.29-49.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Traditional social theory has conceptualised work in terms of a dichotomy of public paid employment and private unpaid labour that oversimplifies the complexity of traditional and contemporary work practices and excludes voluntary work from sociological understandings of work. This article explores the lives of five workers from two voluntary sector organisations, whose experiences highlight the weaknesses of concepts such as 'career' and suggest that work's conceptual boundaries be extended. A framework based on the 'total social organisation of labour' is developed that distinguishes between paid and unpaid work within the setting of institutional, community and family relations. This provides a basis for mapping individuals' labour and exploring both the interconnections between their work positions and the boundaries of their work identity. At the structural level it highlights how health care and community work constitute labour markets or 'fields'; hierarchical structures governed by rules that shape how positions are accessed.
Understanding the impact of JRRP for people with mental health conditions
- Authors:
- TAYLOR Rebecca, LEWIS Jane
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 33p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This reanalysis explores an unexpected finding from the evaluation of the Job Retention and Rehabilitation pilot, namely that people with mental health conditions who used the pilot services had a lower rate of return to work than those who did not. Quantitative and qualitative data collected during the evaluation of the pilot provided evidence supporting a number of plausible explanations. These included the possibility that there may have been less scope to boost health and workplace services for people with mental health conditions and delayed returns to work due to a focus on the same employer, waiting for a more complete health recovery, and dependency on the service provider. There was no evidence to indicate that the interventions were deficient for the mental health group, nor did the data suggest that the design of the trial was likely to have caused the negative impact.
Work, savings and retirement among ethnic minorities: a qualitative study
- Authors:
- BARNES Helen, TAYLOR Rebecca
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 92p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This research study was designed to examine the different factors that affect the work, savings and retirement decisions of ethnic minority groups. The aim of this qualitative research was to fill acknowledged gaps in existing research to ensure that policies are appropriate and sensitive to any cultural differences. The findings are based on depth interviews conducted with people from the six main ethnic minority groups in the UK (Indian, Pakistani, Black Caribbean, Black African, Bangladeshi and Chinese), including those below and above State Pension age. The research was carried out on behalf of the Department by the Policy Studies Institute.
Between cosmopolitanism and the locals: mobility as a resource in the transition to adulthood
- Authors:
- THOMSON Rachel, TAYLOR Rebecca
- Journal article citation:
- Young Nordic Journal of Youth Research, 13(4), November 2005, pp.327-342.
- Publisher:
- Sage
How useful is the distinction between cosmopolitans and locals in understanding the place of mobility and travel within contemporary youth transition? In this article the authors draw on a qualitative longitudinal study of young people in the UK, suggesting that localities have their own particular economy of mobility, operating at levels of the material, cultural and fantasy. In different localities young people are tied to the immediacy of physical and social space to differing degrees, and factors such as ethnicity, gender, sexuality and social class are significant in this. The authors illustrate and explore these themes through two longitudinal case histories in order to see how resources and agency are animated in practice. The authors conclude by arguing against the use of fixed typologies, suggesting that young people are torn between competing forces in relation to notions of home, tradition and fixedness on one hand and of mobility, escape and transformation on the other. The ways in which these tensions are negotiated at the biographical level are firmly embedded in gendered projects of self, through which young people work towards the kinds of men and women that they will be, drawing on family, community and cultural resources in the process.
Reviewing the literature on pay and non-standard employment taking a cross sector perspective
- Authors:
- TAYLOR Rebecca, KAMERADE Daiga, McKAY Stephen
- Publisher:
- Third Sector Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 13
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Using a review of the literature this report compares the the position of the third sector workforce with the public and private workforces in relation to poor quality jobs, specifically jobs with low pay or those providing non-standard employment. The review carried out searches on Google Scholar other online databases. Key findings are summarised in three sections: the scope and character of third sector’s workforce and how it compares to the public and private sector workforces; pay conditions in the sector, and non-standard jobs in the sector (part-time, temporary work and annualised and zero hours contracts). The conclusion presents some emerging issues, questions, and suggestions for future study. There was no clear cross sector picture suggesting that the third sector were paid more or less than the other sectors. The review also found a lack of a nationally representative study of recent trends in pay and non-standard employment in the third sector and how these trends compare to the trends in the private and public sectors. (Original abstract)
From crisis to mixed picture to phoney war: tracing third sector discourse in the 2008/9 recession
- Authors:
- TAYLOR Rebecca, PARRY Jane, ALCOCK Peter
- Publisher:
- Third Sector Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
The recession of 2008/09 threatened a crisis for the third sector, with both a squeeze on the financial resources of organisations and an increase in the number and needs of beneficiaries seeking help. This research report explores the evolving third sector policy environment, discourses and relationships during this period. Data was collected in 3 ways: media scoping, literature review, and key informant interviews. Three main discourses were identified which characterise policy debates surrounding the sector and the recession during this period: ‘the crisis’; ‘the mixed picture’; and the ‘phoney war’. These are explored in turn highlighting the dynamic nature of the rhetoric shaped by evolving relationships and agendas and the lack of evidence of recessionary impacts on the sector. The report concludes that the impact of the recession on the sector has turned out to be on-going, extending well beyond the initial crisis, but it is being played out in a very different political context that is shaping the priorities and agendas of the sector and government. Lessons that the sector can learn from the 2009 recession are discussed.
Crisis, mixed picture or phoney war? Third sector discourse and the 2008/9 recession: briefing paper
- Authors:
- TAYLOR Rebecca, PARRY Jane, ALCOCK Pete
- Publisher:
- Third Sector Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
The recession of 2008/09 threatened a crisis for the third sector, with both a squeeze on the financial resources of organisations and an increase in the number and needs of beneficiaries seeking help. This research briefing explores the evolving third sector policy environment, discourses and relationships during this period. Data was collected in 3 ways: media scoping, literature review, and key informant interviews. Three main discourses were identified which characterise policy debates surrounding the sector and the recession during this period: ‘the crisis’; ‘the mixed picture’; and the ‘phoney war’. These are explored in turn highlighting the dynamic nature of the rhetoric shaped by evolving relationships and agendas and the lack of evidence of recessionary impacts on the sector. The document concludes that the impact of the recession on the sector has turned out to be on-going, extending well beyond the initial crisis, but it is being played out in a very different political context that is shaping the priorities and agendas of the sector and government. Lessons that the sector can learn from the 2009 recession are discussed.
Scoping report: BIG as a policy actor: exploring BIG's impact on third sector policy and practice
- Authors:
- PAINE Angela Ellis, TAYLOR Rebecca, ALCOCK Pete
- Publisher:
- Third Sector Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 26p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Funding from the BIG Lottery Fund is important for the third sector. This scoping report looks at the impact and outcomes of the Fund's contribution to the sector, and will form the basis for more in-depth research.
Working after state pension age: qualitative research
- Authors:
- BARNES Helen, PARRY Jane, TAYLOR Rebecca
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 81p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
The study reported on here examines the processes involved in individual decision-making around retirement, the existence of group norms about working after State Pension Age, and the relative importance of ‘push’ and ‘pull’ factors. The research also addresses the ways in which policy could support individual choices about employment in later life, and identifies a number of distinctive subgroups within the older population who would benefit from targeted policy support.
Data sources for social research in Scotland: results from a scoping study on longitudinal research
- Authors:
- HINDS Kerstin, SPROSTON Kerry, TAYLOR Rebecca
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Central Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 76p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report arises from a scoping study of longitudinal research needs. The study had three main aims: to review the data sources available to research users both within and outwith the Scottish Executive; to explore the Executive's needs for longitudinal research; and to assess the extent to which these research needs could be met by existing data.