Work After Lockdown, 2020-2021

This dataset consists of primary data from a mixed method longitudinal project: (1) Qualitative data: interviews in 4 case study organisations across three waves. Some transcripts are retracted where interviewees have not provided their permission for anonymised archiving. In wave 1, a combination of leaders, managers and employees without line management responsibiliy are interviewed in each of the 4 organisations. In wave 2, leaders are interviewed in each of the 4 case study organisations. In wave 3, a combination of leaders, managers and employees without line management responsibiliy are interviewed in each of the 4 organisations. Some new interviews are conducted with people have joined organisations over the course of the pandemic. (2) Quantitative data: employee surveys across PST and PAD sectors We conducted two surveys in Wave One. The first went to subjects working in Local Government and the second to subjects working in the legal profession. At the end of each questionnaire respondents were asked to indicate their willingness to participate in a follow-up (Wave Two) survey to capture data on their views, circumstances and preferences several months later. Over 300 respondents from the Local Government population indicated that they would be willing to complete a Wave Two questionnaire, but the overall response from the Wave One survey of subjects working in the legal profession was poor and only a very few from this already small group opted into the Wave Two survey. As a result, the team decided to: • Conduct a Wave Two follow up survey, as planned, among Local Authority respondents; • Discontinue plans for follow up survey among respondents working in the legal profession; • Conduct a second, cross-sectional, survey using the same questionnaire as the Wave Two survey targeted at respondents in both public administration and professional services roles. This represented a pragmatic compromise and that it has meant that our Wave One and Wave Two survey data from local government employees was the only explicitly longitudinal element to our survey work, but it enabled us to conduct useful cross-sectional analysis and to make meaningful comparisons between occupational and demographic subgroups.