University of California, Los Angeles Institute of Industrial Relations.

This article provides information on the Center for Quality of Working Life established within the Institute of Industrial Relations at the University of California in Los Angeles. The center aims to enhance the quality of life at the workplace and seeks collaborative relations with private and non-private institutions including professionals. The center's action-research approach is geared towards the development of better techniques for investigating the expectation of workers bring to the job and in distinguishing between economic and psychological work satisfaction.