http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk Original citation: The nuanced nature of work quality: evidence from rural Newfoundland and Ireland 1

• Main Authors: Donaghey Gordon B Cooke, Jimmy, Zeytinoglu, Gordon B Cooke, Jimmy Donaghey, Isik U Zeytinoglu
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1044.6164; http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/49881/1/WRAP_Donaghey_Hum%20Rels%20manuscript%20%281%29.pdf

Abstract This article explores the relationship between job and work quality and argues that while it is important to examine job quality, to understand workers' experiences fully, the focus should be on the broader concept of work quality which places the job against its wider socioeconomic context. Based on the experiences of 88 rural workers gathered via interviews in Newfoundland and Ireland, it appears that the same or similar jobs can be regarded very differently depending upon the context in which they are embedded, since people at different locations and/or stages of life have an individual set of aspirations, expectations, and life experiences. The study found that the factors that affect work quality are moulded by broader aspects of life -family, friends, community, lifestyle and past experiences-that shape an individual.