The implications of direct participation for organizational commitment, job satisfaction and affective psychological well-being: a longitudinal analysis

Gallie, D, Zhou, Y, Felstead, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8851-4289, Green, F and Henseke, G 2017. The implications of direct participation for organizational commitment, job satisfaction and affective psychological well-being: a longitudinal analysis. Industrial Relations Journal 48 (2) , pp. 174-191. 10.1111/irj.12174

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Abstract

The paper examines the implications of direct participation for employees’ organizational commitment, job satisfaction and affective psychological well-being. It focuses on both task discretion and organisational participation. Applying fixed effect models to nationally representative longitudinal data, the study provides a more rigorous assessment of the conflicting claims for the effects of participation which have hitherto been based primarily on cross-sectional evidence. Further, it tests a range of mechanisms by which direct participation leads to improved employee outcomes. Contrary to the critical literature, it shows that even after controlling for unobserved individual heterogeneity, both forms of direct participation have positive effects for employees’ organizational commitment and well-being. The effects of task discretion are primarily direct, reflecting the intrinsic importance of personal control over the job task; in contrast, those of organizational participation derive to a greater extent from its indirect effect on the quality of working conditions.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Uncontrolled Keywords:	direct participation, organisational commitment, job satisfaction, well-being
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	0019-8692
Funders:	ESRC, UKCES Strategic Partnership
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	21 June 2017
Date of Acceptance:	21 April 2017
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 16:22
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/100174

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