Experiences of work and employment continue to change but the concepts of job quality, job satisfaction and quality of working life remain compartmentalised and contextually disconnected due to entrenched disciplinary divisions, which hinder multi-level work quality theorisation. This article contributes to research on the sociology of work by integrating divergent streams of literature on these concepts with labour process theory to offer a more holistic and integrated perspective on work quality. Our multidisciplinary systematic review ( n = 345) reveals the conceptual challenges and dynamics work quality researchers face within and between analytical levels, which we synthesise in this article in Figure 1. Three interrelated research agendas are proposed to bridge the gaps between different disciplines, work quality models and contexts. We argue that research combining objective and subjective features of work quality with wider labour process considerations can lead to richer interdisciplinary understandings and support improvements to working lives.

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弥合工作质量研究中的差距：多层次跨学科审查

工作和就业体验不断变化，但由于根深蒂固的学科划分，工作质量、工作满意度和工作生活质量的概念仍然被分割开来，并且在上下文中脱节，这阻碍了多层次的工作质量理论化。本文通过将关于这些概念的不同文献流与劳动过程理论相结合，为工作社会学的研究做出贡献，以提供对工作质量的更全面和综合的视角。我们的多学科系统评价 （ n = 345） 揭示了工作质量研究人员在分析水平内部和之间面临的概念挑战和动态，我们在图 1 中的文章中对此进行了综合。提出了三个相互关联的研究议程，以弥合不同学科、工作质量模型和背景之间的差距。我们认为，将工作质量的客观和主观特征与更广泛的劳动过程考虑相结合的研究可以带来更丰富的跨学科理解并支持改善工作生活。