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  • Technology doesn’t just boost capability or replace jobs

    Technology doesn’t just boost capability or replace jobs

    Research Blog
    Research Blog
    Hayfa Mohdzaini, Senior Research Adviser, Data, Technology and AI, CIPD Technology’s function in boosting people’s capability (augmentation) and replacing jobs or tasks has often been spoken and written about. But did you know there are o...
    • 19 May 2022
  • Creativity, authenticity and diversity in multicultural teams

    Creativity, authenticity and diversity in multicultural teams

    Research
    Research
    By Jake Young, Research Associate at the CIPD.  Multicultural teams are not an emerging phenomenon – they have grown over the long term from globalisation, migration and greater workforce diversity. But the COVID-19 pandemic has seen organ...
    • 24 Sep 2021
  • Does low pay and poor job quality really need to be an inevitable fact of key worker life?

    Does low pay and poor job quality really need to be an inevitable fact of key worker life?

    Research
    Research
    Melanie Green, Research Adviser, CIPD   The pandemic has prompted many a debate about the roles we value as a society, with key workers often in the spotlight, doing vital work in difficult circumstances. And t...
    • 14 Jul 2021
  • A calm before the storm? Why hasn't job quality changed drastically in the wake of the pandemic?

    A calm before the storm? Why hasn't job quality changed drastically in the wake of the pandemic?

    Research
    Research
    By Melanie Green, Research Adviser at the CIPD.  Despite the turbulence of 2020, and the subsequent impact on our workplaces, the Good Work Index 2021 finds that that job quality has generally remained stable in the past year. This might seem su...
    • 9 Jun 2021
  • LGBT inclusion blog series: focus on transgender and non-binary workers

    LGBT inclusion blog series: focus on transgender and non-binary workers

    Research
    Research
    By Dr Luke Fletcher, Associate Professor, University of Bath School of Management. Inclusion and diversity is an increasingly important area within people management practice, and the CIPD’s People Profession 2030 report also highlights this wi...
    • 24 May 2021
  • LGBT inclusion blog series: focus on wellbeing

    LGBT inclusion blog series: focus on wellbeing

    Research
    Research
    By Melanie Green, Research Adviser at the CIPD. Employee wellbeing has been high on the list of priorities for organisations and people professionals alike in the past year. According to data reported in our People Profession in 2...
    • 7 May 2021
  • March 2021: Reflecting on the past year

    March 2021: Reflecting on the past year

    Research
    Research
    Mel Green & Gill Maxwell, Research Advisors On 23 March 2021 this year the National Day of Reflection in the UK will commemorate lives lost to  COVID-19 and we will stand together with everyone who is grieving. In supporting this m...
    • 19 Mar 2021
  • Managing stress at Fideres Partners

    Managing stress at Fideres Partners

    Research
    Research
    To mark Stress Awareness Week we asked Kate Bicknell, Head of People and Culture at Fideres Partners, how they have approached managing stress during the pandemic.We explore the initiatives they put in place, the advice they’ve given managers a...
    • 5 Nov 2020
  • Why people practitioners need to take tech seriously, and what they can do about it

    Why people practitioners need to take tech seriously, and what they can do about it

    Research Blog
    Research Blog
    By Louisa Baczor, Founder and Research Consultant at Elbe Consulting. The current wave of tech-driven change known as the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ is blurring the divide between the human and digital worlds. In the workplace, t...
    • 10 Aug 2020
  • People Profession Survey 2020 for independent professionals

    People Profession Survey 2020 for independent professionals

    Research
    Research
    By Rebecca Peters, Research Adviser at the CIPD. The self-employment job market is rising in numbers - CIPD’s 2018 megatrends report highlights that self-employment in the UK has been growing faster than general employment rates since 2001. Muc...
    • 6 Mar 2020
  • People profession: where do we go from here (and how do we get there!)?

    People profession: where do we go from here (and how do we get there!)?

    Research
    Research
    By Rebecca Peters, Research Advisor at the CIPD. The people profession is changing and to continue doing great work, people professionals need to be adaptive to the demands being placed upon them. Given the numerous corporate scandals or changes...
    • 11 Feb 2020
  • Job sharing at a senior level - working well for us.

    Research Blog
    Research Blog
    An Introduction Susannah and Philippa share the role of Head of Academic Quality at Nottingham Trent University, managing a team of 12. Both had many years' experience in the Higher Education sector before forming a job-share partnership, an...
    • 25 Sep 2019
  • How HR can help employees speak truth to power

    How HR can help employees speak truth to power

    Research
    Research
    By Jake Young, CIPD Research Associate In part one we explored speaking truth to power in relation to workplace sexual harassment. Research shows that issues are faced not only by those who wish to make their voice heard, but by those with the r...
    • 13 Jun 2019
  • Championing employee voice by speaking truth to power

    Championing employee voice by speaking truth to power

    Research
    Research
    By Jake Young, CIPD Research Associate We know that enabling employee voice is important and benefits both the employer and employee. Having voice, first and foremost, allows employees to influence matters that they deem important. Our CIPD research ...
    • 5 Jun 2019
  • How to support your older workers

    Research
    Research
    By Dr Aideen Young, Evidence Manager, the Centre for Ageing Better We all know the UK population is ageing. In the 15 years to 2031, there will be a 25% increase in the number of people aged 65 to 79 and a 4% decline in the number aged 20 to 34. Thes...
    • 2 May 2019
  • Putting employee voice centre stage

    Putting employee voice centre stage

    Research
    Research
    By Louisa Baczor, Research Adviser at the CIPD In today’s world of work, with many insecure jobs, long working hours cultures and the decline in collective representation, how much influence do people have over their employment conditions? Oppo...
    • 28 Feb 2019
  • How safe do we feel to speak up at work?

    How safe do we feel to speak up at work?

    Research
    Research
    By Louisa Baczor, Research Advisor at the CIPD Toxic workplace cultures have recently been very prominent in public debate. Last year’s scandals included allegations of bullying and harassment in Westminster, and the exposure of Sir Philip...
    • 16 Jan 2019
  • Investing in workforce data: what can HR do to help?

    Investing in workforce data: what can HR do to help?

    Research
    Research
    By Jake Young, CIPD Research Associate Organisations create value by utilising the different assets available to them, such as using machinery to turn materials into saleable products. Increasingly, the asset of value to organisations is the human ca...
    • 23 Nov 2018
  • The People Profession in 2018

    The People Profession in 2018

    Research
    Research
    By Louisa Baczor, Research Advisor at the CIPD The role of people professionals is diversifying and becoming more complex. As organisations become increasingly agile and rely more on contractors and remote workers to meet immediate business need...
    • 5 Nov 2018
  • ‘Good work’ for all: celebrating Living Wage Week

    ‘Good work’ for all: celebrating Living Wage Week

    Research
    Research
    By Olga Jadinskaja, Project Manager of the CIPD's Living Wage pilot. CIPD is joining the annual celebration of the Living Wage movement in the UK. It works with employers to drive positive change in their workplaces, so more employees receive fai...
    • 2 Nov 2018
  • It’s time to properly support workplace Returners

    It’s time to properly support workplace Returners

    Research
    Research
    By Claire McCartney, Diversity and Inclusion Adviser, CIPD The focus of both employers and the Government on supporting workplace Returners has been growing in recent months. Workplace returners represent valuable talent for organisations and it make...
    • 18 Oct 2018
  • Making the most of people data: proving the value of people analytics in the UK, Ireland and US

    Making the most of people data: proving the value of people analytics in the UK, Ireland and US

    Research
    Research
    By Melanie Green, Research Adviser at the CIPD With more opportunity to collect and use people data than ever before, the importance of deploying workforce data responsibly, importantly and effectively, has never been greater. Ultimately, it can be ...
    • 10 Oct 2018
  • Why we still need evidence for inclusion and diversity

    Why we still need evidence for inclusion and diversity

    Research
    Research
    The business and moral case for diversity has long been made. With a widespread belief that diversity and inclusion is good for business, and is simply the right thing to do, why do we need to continue to investigate the evidence on diversity and inc...
    • 11 Sep 2018
  • CIPD: My work experience

    CIPD: My work experience

    Research
    Research
    Hi, my name is Emma Young and I am currently a student at Ricard's and Rutlish joint sixth form. I am currently studying sociology, psychology and art and design A levels. An overview of my week Throughout the week I have had the pleasur...
    • 27 Jul 2018
  • Working with the Strategy and Transformation team at CIPD

    Working with the Strategy and Transformation team at CIPD

    Research
    Research
    My name is Ruben Elendo and I am a Business Computing student at the University of Greenwich. I would like to be a project manager in the future and work in the civil service. Starting at CIPD commenced by being shown around the building by Jackie De...
    • 23 Jul 2018
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