Mark Williams
@mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social
Prof @ Queen Mary University of London. Interested in social stratification, job quality, point and clicks, WHU.
Views are my own.
Web: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbm/staff/academic/profiles/mwilliams.html.
Views are my own.
Web: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbm/staff/academic/profiles/mwilliams.html.
🙏 Thank you to the CIPD for the data - this research would not exist without their support @cipd.bsky.social / @cipdpolicy.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
🙏 Thank you to the CIPD for the data - this research would not exist without their support @cipd.bsky.social / @cipdpolicy.bsky.social
💡I speculate segregation across workplaces has something to do with it (think Russell Group vs. non-Russell Group in academia; similar distinctions in most other occupations). Workplace data in the UK is scarce, so I just don’t know
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June 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
💡I speculate segregation across workplaces has something to do with it (think Russell Group vs. non-Russell Group in academia; similar distinctions in most other occupations). Workplace data in the UK is scarce, so I just don’t know
📖 Read it here doi.org/10.1177/0038....
📖 Read it here doi.org/10.1177/0038....
💵 Our findings are a nail in the coffin for the thesis that those from lower social origins trading lower earnings for doing more interesting or fulfilling work… Although we do find they select into higher non-pay job quality / lower pay occupations, they do the lowest quality jobs within them...
June 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
💵 Our findings are a nail in the coffin for the thesis that those from lower social origins trading lower earnings for doing more interesting or fulfilling work… Although we do find they select into higher non-pay job quality / lower pay occupations, they do the lowest quality jobs within them...
They are in London!
December 12, 2024 at 6:40 PM
They are in London!
Was thinking the same.
In the UK, you'd need an act of god and to navigate 20 layers of admin to just even have it considered.
In the UK, you'd need an act of god and to navigate 20 layers of admin to just even have it considered.
December 12, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Was thinking the same.
In the UK, you'd need an act of god and to navigate 20 layers of admin to just even have it considered.
In the UK, you'd need an act of god and to navigate 20 layers of admin to just even have it considered.
You could be a graduate, own your home, earn well, and still be in NS-SEC 6 or 7.
You'd probably have to inherit grandma's house and do all the overtime under the sun though...
You'd probably have to inherit grandma's house and do all the overtime under the sun though...
December 12, 2024 at 4:50 PM
You could be a graduate, own your home, earn well, and still be in NS-SEC 6 or 7.
You'd probably have to inherit grandma's house and do all the overtime under the sun though...
You'd probably have to inherit grandma's house and do all the overtime under the sun though...
I'm more shocked about Quality Street being second?!
December 12, 2024 at 4:42 PM
I'm more shocked about Quality Street being second?!
And they're not wrong!
December 12, 2024 at 4:39 PM
And they're not wrong!
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Would be helpful if you could also explain and share
November 19, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Would be helpful if you could also explain and share