Gallie, D., Felstead, Alan ![]() |
Abstract
The value that employees attach to the intrinsic aspects of work is important for whether or not job quality issues should have a central place on the social agenda. This article examines whether the importance that British employees attach to intrinsic job quality changed between 1992 and 2006. It uses two nationally representative surveys of employees. It finds no evidence to support the view that there has been a shift towards instrumental job preferences. On the contrary, it shows that intrinsic job preferences rose over the period. The growth in importance of intrinsic orientations is associated with rising levels of education and parental encouragement in education, the improvement of people’s jobs with respect to skill, learning opportunities and employee involvement and higher incomes and security.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | job quality; quality of work; work attitudes; work orientations |
Publisher: | SAGE |
ISSN: | 0950-0170 |
Funders: | ESRC |
Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2022 10:34 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/40596 |
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