Our research aimed to expand the understanding of decent work at a micro level by exploring the concept among the intended target group for which the Psychology of Work Theory (PWT) was developed for (unskilled and semi-skilled workers). By using an interpretive phenomenological approach and drawing on 13 focus group discussions (with 71 South African blue-collar workers), our findings revealed both objective (e.g. job characteristics and resources, working conditions and skills reproduction) and subjective dimensions (e.g. challenge and mastery and fairness) of decent work. We expand existing knowledge about the work experiences of blue-collar workers as an underrepresented research sample, specifically within a non-western context (i.e. South Africa). Furthermore, we provide some in-depth nuances when considering the PWT for blue-collar workers. Based on our empirical findings and extant literature, our study shows ways in which the existing conceptualizations of decent work can be expanded in order to reflect the perceptions of blue-collar workers in South Africa.

我们的研究旨在通过探索为（非熟练和半熟练工人）开发工作心理学理论 (PWT) 的预期目标群体中的概念，在微观层面扩大对体面工作的理解。通过使用解释性现象学方法并利用 13 个焦点小组讨论（与 71 名南非蓝领工人），我们的研究结果揭示了客观（例如工作特征和资源、工作条件和技能再生产）和主观维度（例如挑战和掌握和公平）的体面工作。我们扩展了关于蓝领工人工作经验的现有知识，作为代表性不足的研究样本，特别是在非西方背景下（即南非）。此外，在考虑蓝领工人的 PWT 时，我们提供了一些深入的细微差别。