Every year we aim for our programme at PICA's Research & Insights Forum to include the latest qualitative and quantitative research applicable to building the capability of our food & fibre sectors.
At our 2021 forum in February, PICA board member Glen Mackie (Forest Owners Association) facilitated a session featuring three highly regarded researchers - each with a different area of interest. They shared their findings to help delegates understand What Really Matters in the Workplace?
“Economists look for easily measurable things e.g. pay rates, but other things are important too. There’s no single measure of ‘a good job’. There are multiple dimensions to job quality.”
“Everyone worries about job insecurity in some way but the more that people know about the level of uncertainty in their job, the less worried and more satisfied they are.”
“Technological advances have not had the negative impact on our workforce that some people expected. Increased automation, a higher number of females and older people in workplaces are decreasing the likelihood of injury claims.”
"It was interesting to see how we have been thinking for more than 100 years that the machines will take away jobs, just to realise once again how much more real work there is and how little can be done through automation.”
— Carel Bezuidenhout, School of Food and Advanced Technology, Massey University
"The forum was a well-rounded mix of everything from the statistics behind the research to people’s personal journeys in business and on-farm.”
— Philippa Wright, The National Council of New Zealand Wool Interests Inc.
To find out more, check out the researcher’s presentations.