From decent wages to decent work: showcasing the SMART work design framework

This EAWOPii talk/panel webinar develops our ongoing series on decent work, with two major contributions: 

• Prof Sharon Parker (Curtin University, Australia)

• Dr Ishbel McWha-Hermann (University of Edinburgh Business School and EAWOP Impact Incubator Decent work topic lead)

Prof Parker will outline the importance of work design for multiple work outcomes, including job performance, innovation, well-being, mental health, and safety. She will unpack the SMART work design model (S= Stimulating, M = Mastery, A = Agency, R = Relational, T = Tolerable); a model which synthesizes years of research on this topic.  She will provide examples of how this model can be applied to remote working during the pandemic, as well as to topics such as digitalization, and examples as to how work can be redesigned to become SMARTer.

Following this we will launch our new ESRC and EAWOP-funded serious game, “Superbmarket”, that draws on the science concerning living wages and…