Professor Caroline Lloyd
Teams and roles for Caroline Lloyd
Emeritus Professor
Overview
Caroline Lloyd is Emeritus Professor in the School of Social Sciences. Her main research interests focus on the political economy of skill, work organisation and labour markets. She has a particular interest in the causes and consequences of low wage work, co-editing Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom (Russell Sage Foundation) and contributing to a major international study Low Wage Work in the Wealthy World. She undertook a ground-breaking study of skills and work organisation in the service sector; Skills in the Age of Overqualification: Comparing Service Sector Work in Europe (with Jonathan Payne) (Oxford University Press). Her current research focuses on digitalisation in the workplace and the role of trade unions.
Publication
2025
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2025. Digitalisation, unions and ‘country-effect’: does union strength at the workplace matter?. Journal of Industrial Relations (10.1177/00221856251326682)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2025. Trade unions and the digitalisation of admin work in public services: an international comparative analysis of the hospital sector. Economic and Industrial Democracy (10.1177/0143831X251355449)
2023
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2023. Digital skills in context: Working with robots in lower-skilled jobs. Economic and Industrial Democracy 44 (4), pp.1084-1104. (10.1177/0143831X221111416)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2023. Food for thought: Robots, jobs and skills in food and drink processing in Norway and the UK. New Technology, Work and Employment 38 (2), pp.272-290. (10.1111/ntwe.12194)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2023. Trade unions, digitalisation and country effects: a comparative study of banking in Norway and the UK. European Journal of Industrial Relations 29 (4), pp.325-345. (10.1177/09596801231188003)
- Payne, J. , Lloyd, C. and Jose, S. 2023. ‘They tell us after they’ve decided things’: a cross-country analysis of unions and digitalisation in retail. Industrial Relations Journal 54 (1), pp.3-19. (10.1111/irj.12390)
2022
- Lloyd, C. , Payne, J. and Jose, S. 2022. Trade unions and digitalisation in Norway and the UK: Findings from the food and drink processing sector.
- Lloyd, C. , Payne, J. and Secki, J. 2022. Trade unions and digitalisation in Norway and the UK: Findings from the banking sector.
2021
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2021. Fewer jobs, better jobs? An international comparative study of robots and 'routine' work in the public sector. Industrial Relations Journal 52 (2), pp.109-124. (10.1111/irj.12323)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2021. Hard times in latte land? Analysing pay and working time in the café industry in France, Norway and the UK. Economic and Industrial Democracy 42 (3), pp.805-827. (10.1177/0143831X18809887)
2020
- Buchanan, J. et al., 2020. Enabling renewal: further education and building better citizenship, occupations and business communities in Wales. Project Report.ColegauCyrmu/CollegesWales.
2019
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2019. Rethinking country effects: robotics, AI and work futures in Norway and the UK. New Technology, Work and Employment 34 (3), pp.208-225. (10.1111/ntwe.12149)
2018
- Brown, P. , Lloyd, C. and Souto-Otero, M. 2018. The prospects for skills and employment in an age of digital disruption: A cautionary note. Project Report.[Online].Oxford: Available at: http://www.skope.ox.ac.uk/?person=the-prospects-for-skills-and-employment-in-an-age-of-digital-disruption-a-cautionary-note.
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2018. Licensed to skill? The impact of occupational regulation on fitness instructors. European Journal of Industrial Relations 24 (1), pp.91-108. (10.1177/0959680117701016)
2017
- Ashton, D. , Lloyd, C. and Warhurst, C. 2017. Business strategies and skill. In: Warhurst, C. et al., Handbook of Skills and Training. Oxford University Press
- Findlay, P. et al., 2017. Opportunity knocks? The possibilities and levers for improving job quality. Work and Occupations 44 (1), pp.3-22. (10.1177/0730888416689813)
2016
- Lloyd, C. 2016. From low wage manufacturing industries to the low wage service sector. In: Manney, D. ed. Our Changing Landscape. Wales University Press. , pp.152-172.
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2016. Skills in the age of over-qualification: comparing service sector work in Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199672356.001.0001)
2014
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2014. 'It's all hands-on, even for management': managerial work in the UK cafe sector. Human Relations 67 (4), pp.465-488. (10.1177/0018726713496297)
2013
- Lloyd, C. , Dutton, E. and Warhurst, C. 2013. The weakest link? Product market strategies, skill and pay in the hotel industry. Work, Employment and Society 27 (2), pp.254-271. (10.1177/0950017012460310)
- Lloyd, C. , Francoise, L. and Jonathan, P. 2013. Quel developpement professionnel continu pour les enseignants des matières professionnelles? L'exemple de la coiffure. Approche comparée Angleterre, Pays de Galles, France et Norvège. Revue Française de Pédagogie 184 , pp.55-68. (10.4000/rfp.4225)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2013. Changing job roles in the Norwegian and UK fitness industry: in search of national institutional effects. Work, Employment & Society 27 (1), pp.3-20. (10.1177/0950017012460325)
2012
- Caroli, E. et al., 2012. Delivering flexibility: working time and contractual status in the food processing industry in France and the UK. British Journal of Industrial Relations 48 (2), pp.231-306.
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2012. Delivering better forms of work organization: comparing vocational teachers in England, Wales and Norway. Economic and Industrial Democracy 33 (1), pp.29-49. (10.1177/0143831X11402101)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2012. Raising the quality of vocational teachers: continuing professional development in England, Wales and Norway. Research Papers in Education 27 (1), pp.1-18. (10.1080/02671522.2010.483524)
2010
- Caroli, E. et al., 2010. Delivering flexibility: Contrasting patterns in the French and the UK food processing industry. British Journal of Industrial Relations 48 (2), pp.284-309. (10.1111/j.1467-8543.2010.00792.x)
- Grugulis, I. and Lloyd, C. 2010. Skill and the labour process: the conditions and consequences of change. In: Thompson, P. and Smith, C. eds. Working Life: Renewing Labour Process Analysis. Critical Perspectives on Work and Employment Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. , pp.91-112.
- Keep, E. J. , Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2010. Skills policy and the displacement of industrial relations: the elephant in the corner?. In: Colling, T. and Terry, M. eds. Industrial Relations: Theory and Practice (3rd ed.). Chichester: Wiley. , pp.398-421.
- Lloyd, C. and Mayhew, K. 2010. Skill: the solution to low wage work?. Industrial Relations Journal 41 (5), pp.429-445. (10.1111/j.1468-2338.2010.00578.x)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2010. 'We have got the freedom’: a study of autonomy and discretion among vocational teachers in Norway and the UK. Working paper. Cardiff: SKOPE, Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.skope.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/RP95.pdf.
- Lloyd, C. , Weinkopf, C. and Batt, R. 2010. Restructuring customer service: labor market institutions and call center workers in Europe and the United States. In: Gautié, J. and Schmitt, J. eds. Low-Wage Work in the Wealthy World. Russell Sage Foundation Case Studies of Job Quality in Advanced Economies New York: Russell Sage Foundation. , pp.421-466.
2009
- Lloyd, C. 2009. Chutes and ladders - navigating the low-wage labor market - By Katherine S. Newman [Book review]. British Journal of Industrial Relations 47 (4), pp.803-805. (10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00753_9.x)
- Lloyd, C. , Dutton, E. and Warhurst, C. 2009. Is there a ‘high road’ in the hotel industry?. Presented at: International Labour Process Conference Edinburgh, UK April 2009.
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2009. Better teachers? The role of training and development of vocational teachers in England, Wales and Norway. Presented at: Third International Conference on Training, Employability and Employment Karlstad, Sweden June 2009.
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2009. 'Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing': interrogating new skill concepts in service work - the view from two UK call centres. Work, Employment and Society 23 (4), pp.617-634. (10.1177/0950017009344863)
2008
- Dutton, E. et al., 2008. “Just like the elves in Harry Potter”: room attendants in United Kingdom hotels. In: Lloyd, C. , Mason, G. and Mayhew, K. eds. Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom. Russell Sage Foundation Case Studies of Job Quality in Advanced Economies New York: Russell Sage Foundation. , pp.96-130.
- Grimshaw, D. , Lloyd, C. A. and Warhurst, C. 2008. Low-wage work in the United Kingdom: employment practices, institutional effects, and policy responses. In: Lloyd, C. A. , Mason, G. and Mayhew, K. eds. Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom. Russell Sage Foundation Case Studies of Job Quality in Advanced Economies New York: Russell Sage Foundation. , pp.284-326.
- James, S. and Lloyd, C. A. 2008. Supply chain pressures and migrant workers: deteriorating job quality in the United Kingdom food-processing industry. In: Lloyd, C. A. , Mason, G. and Mayhew, K. eds. Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom. Russell Sage Foundation Case Studies of Job Quality in Advanced Economies New York: Russell Sage Foundation. , pp.211-246.
- Keep, E. J. , Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2008. Skills policy and the displacement of industrial relations. Working paper. Cardiff: SKOPE, Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.skope.ox.ac.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Issues-Paper-17.pdf.
- Keep, E. J. , Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2008. The elephant in the corner: skills policy and the demise of industrial relations. Presented at: British Universities Industrial Relations Conference Bristol, UK June 2008.
- Lloyd, C. 2008. Recruiting for fitness: qualifications and the challenges of an employer-led system. Journal of Education and Work 21 (3), pp.175-195. (10.1080/13639080802214019)
- Lloyd, C. and James, S. 2008. Too much pressure? Retailer power and occupational health and safety in the food processing industry. Work Employment & Society 22 (4), pp.713-730. (10.1177/0950017008098366)
- Lloyd, C. et al. 2008. “It’s just the nature of the job at the end of the day”: pay and job quality in United Kingdom mass-market call centers. In: Lloyd, C. , Mason, G. and Mayhew, K. eds. Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom. Russell Sage Foundation Case Studies of Job Quality in Advanced Economies New York: Russell Sage Foundation. , pp.247-283.
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2008. Is call centre work skilled work? Exploring worker perceptions of skill in UK call centres. Presented at: International Labour Process Conference Dublin, Ireland March 2008.
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2008. What is a “skilled job”? Exploring worker perceptions of skill in two UK call centres. Presented at: International Labour Process Conference (ILPC) conference Dublin, Ireland 18 - 20 March 2008.
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2008. What is a skilled job? Exploring worker perceptions of skill in two UK call centres. Working paper. Cardiff: SKOPE, Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.skope.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/SKOPEWP81.pdf.
- Warhurst, C. , Lloyd, C. and Dutton, E. 2008. The national minimum wage, low pay and the UK hotel industry: the case of room attendants. Sociology 42 (6), pp.1228-1236. (10.1177/0038038508096943)
2007
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2007. A vision too far? Mapping the space for a high skills project in the UK. Journal of Education and Work 18 (2), pp.167-187. (10.1080/13639080500085893)
2006
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2006. Goodbye to all that? A critical re-evaluation of the role of the high performance work organisation within the UK skills debate. Work, Employment and Society 20 (1), pp.151-165. (10.1177/0950017006061290)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2006. The high skills project and the limits of possibility: a response to Coffield. Journal of Education Policy, 21 (4), pp.471-483. (10.1080/02680930600732169)
2005
- Lloyd, C. 2005. Competitive strategy and skills: working out the fit in the fitness industry. Human Resource Management Journal 15 (2), pp.15-34. (10.1111/j.1748-8583.2005.tb00144.x)
- Lloyd, C. 2005. The regulation of the fitness industry: training standards as a policy option?. Industrial Relations Journal 36 (5), pp.367-385. (10.1111/j.1468-2338.2005.00365.x)
2003
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2003. “Forget birth pains, we haven't got past the conception stage yet”. A reply to Frank Coffield's ‘Britain's continuing failure to train: the birth pangs of a new policy’. Journal of Education Policy 18 (5), pp.563-568. (10.1080/0268093032000124901)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2003. The Political Economy of Skill and the Limits of Education Policy. Journal of Education Policy 18 (1), pp.85-107. (10.1080/0268093032000042227)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2003. What is the 'high skills society'? Some reflections on current academic and policy debates in the UK. Policy Studies 24 , pp.115-133. (10.1080/0144287032000171000)
2002
- Lloyd, C. 2002. Training and development deficiencies in 'high skill' sectors. Human Resource Management Journal 12 (2), pp.64-81. (10.1111/j.1748-8583.2002.tb00064.x)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2002. Developing a political economy of skill. Journal of Education and Work 15 (4), pp.365-390. (10.1080/1363908022000023533)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2002. On the 'political economy of skill': assessing the possibilities for a viable high skills project in the United Kingdom. New Political Economy 7 (3), pp.367-395. (10.1080/1356346022000018739)
2001
- Lloyd, C. 2001. What Do Employee Councils Do? The Impact of Non-Union Forms of Representation on Trade Union Organisation. Industrial Relations Journal 32 (4), pp.313-327. (10.1111/1468-2338.00201)
- Lloyd, C. and Newell, H. 2001. Capture and transfer: improving the performance of the pharmaceutical sales rep. International Journal of Human Resource Management 12 (3), pp.464-483. (10.1080/713769628)
1992
- Lloyd, C. 1992. Tailor-Made Occupations: A Study of Gender and Skill in the Welsh Clothing Industry. In: Day, G. and Rees, G. eds. Contemporary Wales: An Annual Review of Economic and Social Research. Vol. 5, Contemporary Wales Cardiff: University of Wales Press. , pp.115-129.
1989
- Lloyd, C. 1989. Restructuring in the West Midlands’ clothing industry. New Technology, Work and Employment 4 (2), pp.100-107. (10.1111/j.1468-005X.1989.tb00108.x)
Articles
- Caroli, E. et al., 2010. Delivering flexibility: Contrasting patterns in the French and the UK food processing industry. British Journal of Industrial Relations 48 (2), pp.284-309. (10.1111/j.1467-8543.2010.00792.x)
- Caroli, E. et al., 2012. Delivering flexibility: working time and contractual status in the food processing industry in France and the UK. British Journal of Industrial Relations 48 (2), pp.231-306.
- Findlay, P. et al., 2017. Opportunity knocks? The possibilities and levers for improving job quality. Work and Occupations 44 (1), pp.3-22. (10.1177/0730888416689813)
- Lloyd, C. 2009. Chutes and ladders - navigating the low-wage labor market - By Katherine S. Newman [Book review]. British Journal of Industrial Relations 47 (4), pp.803-805. (10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00753_9.x)
- Lloyd, C. 2005. Competitive strategy and skills: working out the fit in the fitness industry. Human Resource Management Journal 15 (2), pp.15-34. (10.1111/j.1748-8583.2005.tb00144.x)
- Lloyd, C. 2008. Recruiting for fitness: qualifications and the challenges of an employer-led system. Journal of Education and Work 21 (3), pp.175-195. (10.1080/13639080802214019)
- Lloyd, C. 1989. Restructuring in the West Midlands’ clothing industry. New Technology, Work and Employment 4 (2), pp.100-107. (10.1111/j.1468-005X.1989.tb00108.x)
- Lloyd, C. 2005. The regulation of the fitness industry: training standards as a policy option?. Industrial Relations Journal 36 (5), pp.367-385. (10.1111/j.1468-2338.2005.00365.x)
- Lloyd, C. 2002. Training and development deficiencies in 'high skill' sectors. Human Resource Management Journal 12 (2), pp.64-81. (10.1111/j.1748-8583.2002.tb00064.x)
- Lloyd, C. 2001. What Do Employee Councils Do? The Impact of Non-Union Forms of Representation on Trade Union Organisation. Industrial Relations Journal 32 (4), pp.313-327. (10.1111/1468-2338.00201)
- Lloyd, C. , Dutton, E. and Warhurst, C. 2013. The weakest link? Product market strategies, skill and pay in the hotel industry. Work, Employment and Society 27 (2), pp.254-271. (10.1177/0950017012460310)
- Lloyd, C. , Francoise, L. and Jonathan, P. 2013. Quel developpement professionnel continu pour les enseignants des matières professionnelles? L'exemple de la coiffure. Approche comparée Angleterre, Pays de Galles, France et Norvège. Revue Française de Pédagogie 184 , pp.55-68. (10.4000/rfp.4225)
- Lloyd, C. and James, S. 2008. Too much pressure? Retailer power and occupational health and safety in the food processing industry. Work Employment & Society 22 (4), pp.713-730. (10.1177/0950017008098366)
- Lloyd, C. and Mayhew, K. 2010. Skill: the solution to low wage work?. Industrial Relations Journal 41 (5), pp.429-445. (10.1111/j.1468-2338.2010.00578.x)
- Lloyd, C. and Newell, H. 2001. Capture and transfer: improving the performance of the pharmaceutical sales rep. International Journal of Human Resource Management 12 (3), pp.464-483. (10.1080/713769628)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2013. Changing job roles in the Norwegian and UK fitness industry: in search of national institutional effects. Work, Employment & Society 27 (1), pp.3-20. (10.1177/0950017012460325)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2007. A vision too far? Mapping the space for a high skills project in the UK. Journal of Education and Work 18 (2), pp.167-187. (10.1080/13639080500085893)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2012. Delivering better forms of work organization: comparing vocational teachers in England, Wales and Norway. Economic and Industrial Democracy 33 (1), pp.29-49. (10.1177/0143831X11402101)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2002. Developing a political economy of skill. Journal of Education and Work 15 (4), pp.365-390. (10.1080/1363908022000023533)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2023. Digital skills in context: Working with robots in lower-skilled jobs. Economic and Industrial Democracy 44 (4), pp.1084-1104. (10.1177/0143831X221111416)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2025. Digitalisation, unions and ‘country-effect’: does union strength at the workplace matter?. Journal of Industrial Relations (10.1177/00221856251326682)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2021. Fewer jobs, better jobs? An international comparative study of robots and 'routine' work in the public sector. Industrial Relations Journal 52 (2), pp.109-124. (10.1111/irj.12323)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2023. Food for thought: Robots, jobs and skills in food and drink processing in Norway and the UK. New Technology, Work and Employment 38 (2), pp.272-290. (10.1111/ntwe.12194)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2003. “Forget birth pains, we haven't got past the conception stage yet”. A reply to Frank Coffield's ‘Britain's continuing failure to train: the birth pangs of a new policy’. Journal of Education Policy 18 (5), pp.563-568. (10.1080/0268093032000124901)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2009. 'Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing': interrogating new skill concepts in service work - the view from two UK call centres. Work, Employment and Society 23 (4), pp.617-634. (10.1177/0950017009344863)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2006. Goodbye to all that? A critical re-evaluation of the role of the high performance work organisation within the UK skills debate. Work, Employment and Society 20 (1), pp.151-165. (10.1177/0950017006061290)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2021. Hard times in latte land? Analysing pay and working time in the café industry in France, Norway and the UK. Economic and Industrial Democracy 42 (3), pp.805-827. (10.1177/0143831X18809887)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2014. 'It's all hands-on, even for management': managerial work in the UK cafe sector. Human Relations 67 (4), pp.465-488. (10.1177/0018726713496297)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2018. Licensed to skill? The impact of occupational regulation on fitness instructors. European Journal of Industrial Relations 24 (1), pp.91-108. (10.1177/0959680117701016)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2002. On the 'political economy of skill': assessing the possibilities for a viable high skills project in the United Kingdom. New Political Economy 7 (3), pp.367-395. (10.1080/1356346022000018739)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2012. Raising the quality of vocational teachers: continuing professional development in England, Wales and Norway. Research Papers in Education 27 (1), pp.1-18. (10.1080/02671522.2010.483524)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2019. Rethinking country effects: robotics, AI and work futures in Norway and the UK. New Technology, Work and Employment 34 (3), pp.208-225. (10.1111/ntwe.12149)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2006. The high skills project and the limits of possibility: a response to Coffield. Journal of Education Policy, 21 (4), pp.471-483. (10.1080/02680930600732169)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2003. The Political Economy of Skill and the Limits of Education Policy. Journal of Education Policy 18 (1), pp.85-107. (10.1080/0268093032000042227)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2025. Trade unions and the digitalisation of admin work in public services: an international comparative analysis of the hospital sector. Economic and Industrial Democracy (10.1177/0143831X251355449)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2023. Trade unions, digitalisation and country effects: a comparative study of banking in Norway and the UK. European Journal of Industrial Relations 29 (4), pp.325-345. (10.1177/09596801231188003)
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2003. What is the 'high skills society'? Some reflections on current academic and policy debates in the UK. Policy Studies 24 , pp.115-133. (10.1080/0144287032000171000)
- Payne, J. , Lloyd, C. and Jose, S. 2023. ‘They tell us after they’ve decided things’: a cross-country analysis of unions and digitalisation in retail. Industrial Relations Journal 54 (1), pp.3-19. (10.1111/irj.12390)
- Warhurst, C. , Lloyd, C. and Dutton, E. 2008. The national minimum wage, low pay and the UK hotel industry: the case of room attendants. Sociology 42 (6), pp.1228-1236. (10.1177/0038038508096943)
Book sections
- Ashton, D. , Lloyd, C. and Warhurst, C. 2017. Business strategies and skill. In: Warhurst, C. et al., Handbook of Skills and Training. Oxford University Press
- Dutton, E. et al., 2008. “Just like the elves in Harry Potter”: room attendants in United Kingdom hotels. In: Lloyd, C. , Mason, G. and Mayhew, K. eds. Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom. Russell Sage Foundation Case Studies of Job Quality in Advanced Economies New York: Russell Sage Foundation. , pp.96-130.
- Grimshaw, D. , Lloyd, C. A. and Warhurst, C. 2008. Low-wage work in the United Kingdom: employment practices, institutional effects, and policy responses. In: Lloyd, C. A. , Mason, G. and Mayhew, K. eds. Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom. Russell Sage Foundation Case Studies of Job Quality in Advanced Economies New York: Russell Sage Foundation. , pp.284-326.
- Grugulis, I. and Lloyd, C. 2010. Skill and the labour process: the conditions and consequences of change. In: Thompson, P. and Smith, C. eds. Working Life: Renewing Labour Process Analysis. Critical Perspectives on Work and Employment Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. , pp.91-112.
- James, S. and Lloyd, C. A. 2008. Supply chain pressures and migrant workers: deteriorating job quality in the United Kingdom food-processing industry. In: Lloyd, C. A. , Mason, G. and Mayhew, K. eds. Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom. Russell Sage Foundation Case Studies of Job Quality in Advanced Economies New York: Russell Sage Foundation. , pp.211-246.
- Keep, E. J. , Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2010. Skills policy and the displacement of industrial relations: the elephant in the corner?. In: Colling, T. and Terry, M. eds. Industrial Relations: Theory and Practice (3rd ed.). Chichester: Wiley. , pp.398-421.
- Lloyd, C. 2016. From low wage manufacturing industries to the low wage service sector. In: Manney, D. ed. Our Changing Landscape. Wales University Press. , pp.152-172.
- Lloyd, C. 1992. Tailor-Made Occupations: A Study of Gender and Skill in the Welsh Clothing Industry. In: Day, G. and Rees, G. eds. Contemporary Wales: An Annual Review of Economic and Social Research. Vol. 5, Contemporary Wales Cardiff: University of Wales Press. , pp.115-129.
- Lloyd, C. et al. 2008. “It’s just the nature of the job at the end of the day”: pay and job quality in United Kingdom mass-market call centers. In: Lloyd, C. , Mason, G. and Mayhew, K. eds. Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom. Russell Sage Foundation Case Studies of Job Quality in Advanced Economies New York: Russell Sage Foundation. , pp.247-283.
- Lloyd, C. , Weinkopf, C. and Batt, R. 2010. Restructuring customer service: labor market institutions and call center workers in Europe and the United States. In: Gautié, J. and Schmitt, J. eds. Low-Wage Work in the Wealthy World. Russell Sage Foundation Case Studies of Job Quality in Advanced Economies New York: Russell Sage Foundation. , pp.421-466.
Books
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2016. Skills in the age of over-qualification: comparing service sector work in Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199672356.001.0001)
Conferences
- Keep, E. J. , Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2008. The elephant in the corner: skills policy and the demise of industrial relations. Presented at: British Universities Industrial Relations Conference Bristol, UK June 2008.
- Lloyd, C. , Dutton, E. and Warhurst, C. 2009. Is there a ‘high road’ in the hotel industry?. Presented at: International Labour Process Conference Edinburgh, UK April 2009.
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2009. Better teachers? The role of training and development of vocational teachers in England, Wales and Norway. Presented at: Third International Conference on Training, Employability and Employment Karlstad, Sweden June 2009.
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2008. Is call centre work skilled work? Exploring worker perceptions of skill in UK call centres. Presented at: International Labour Process Conference Dublin, Ireland March 2008.
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2008. What is a “skilled job”? Exploring worker perceptions of skill in two UK call centres. Presented at: International Labour Process Conference (ILPC) conference Dublin, Ireland 18 - 20 March 2008.
Monographs
- Brown, P. , Lloyd, C. and Souto-Otero, M. 2018. The prospects for skills and employment in an age of digital disruption: A cautionary note. Project Report.[Online].Oxford: Available at: http://www.skope.ox.ac.uk/?person=the-prospects-for-skills-and-employment-in-an-age-of-digital-disruption-a-cautionary-note.
- Buchanan, J. et al., 2020. Enabling renewal: further education and building better citizenship, occupations and business communities in Wales. Project Report.ColegauCyrmu/CollegesWales.
- Keep, E. J. , Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2008. Skills policy and the displacement of industrial relations. Working paper. Cardiff: SKOPE, Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.skope.ox.ac.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Issues-Paper-17.pdf.
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2010. 'We have got the freedom’: a study of autonomy and discretion among vocational teachers in Norway and the UK. Working paper. Cardiff: SKOPE, Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.skope.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/RP95.pdf.
- Lloyd, C. and Payne, J. 2008. What is a skilled job? Exploring worker perceptions of skill in two UK call centres. Working paper. Cardiff: SKOPE, Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.skope.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/SKOPEWP81.pdf.
- Lloyd, C. , Payne, J. and Jose, S. 2022. Trade unions and digitalisation in Norway and the UK: Findings from the food and drink processing sector.
- Lloyd, C. , Payne, J. and Secki, J. 2022. Trade unions and digitalisation in Norway and the UK: Findings from the banking sector.
Research
Current Research Projects
Digital Technologies and Job Quality: do unions make a difference? (2021-2023)
2 year Leverhulme-funded project comparing union approaches to digitalisation in the UK and Norway. Collaboration with Prof Jonathan Payne (PI), De Montfort University.
Skills, Employability and the Future of Work in an Age of Digital Disruption (2020-2023)
3 year project funded by Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore.
Wales Future of Further Education
Collaborative project funded by Colegau Cymru with the Universities of Manchester and Sydney. The Project Report was published in November 2020. Enabling Renewal: Further Education and Building Better Citizenship, Occupations and Business Communities in Wales, Cardiff: ColegauCyrmu.
Biography
Caroline Lloyd was appointed Emeritus professor in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University in 2025, following 20 years teaching and research in the School. She is an associate research fellow at the ESRC centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), University of Oxford. Caroline previously worked as a SKOPE research fellow at Warwick University, and was a senior lecturer in industrial relations. Prior to Warwick, she was a researcher at Keele and Cardiff Universities.
Professional memberships
- Member of the British Universities Industrial Relations Association
- Associate Editor of the Industrial Relations Journal
- Editorial Board: New Technology, Work and Employment
Contact Details
Specialisms
- DIGITALISATION
- Decent work
- Workplace wellbeing and quality of working life
- Employment practices
- labour market