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Skills, Job Control and the Quality of Work: The Evidence from Britain (Geary Lecture 2012)

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Title Skills, Job Control and the Quality of Work: The Evidence from Britain (Geary Lecture 2012)
 
Creator Gallie, Duncan
 
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Description In the last decade and a half there has been a marked increase in the interest of European policymakers in the quality of work. In part this reflects the concern to give greater content to the notion of a social Europe, and in part it stems from a growing awareness that the cherished employment objectives of the European Union (in particular with respect to women and older workers) will be difficult to achieve unless jobs offer a degree of intrinsic interest and levels of work pressure that are compatible with psychological health. However, it is notable how little policy discussion draws on the growing evidence from empirical research. This paper aims to trace some of the principal developments in the research agenda and in substantive knowledge, drawing on a major programme of British empirical research over the last two decades. It focuses on two core aspects of work quality – skill on the one hand and job control on the other. These have been central to the debate about job quality since its earliest days. The next section outlines the evolving debate among researchers about underlying trends in the skill and control and the following section examines the emerging picture from the empirical evidence.
 
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Date 2013-02-20
 
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Identifier http://www.esr.ie/article/view/41
 
Source The Economic and Social Review; Vol 43, No 3, Autumn (2012); 325–341
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Language eng
 
Relation http://www.esr.ie/article/view/41/33
 
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