The determinants of skills use and work pressure: A longitudinal analysis. (August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Felstead, Alan; Gallie, Duncan; Green, Francis; Henseke, Golo
• Other Names: Johnstone Stewart guest-editor.; Saridakis George guest-editor.; Wilkinson Adrian guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Economic and industrial democracy. Volume 40:Number 3(2019)
• Page Start: 730
• Page End: 754
• Publication Date: 2019-08
• Subjects: Computerisation -- employee involvement -- intrinsic job quality -- skills use -- teamworking -- work pressure; Management -- Employee participation -- Periodicals; 331.0112
• DOI: 10.1177/0143831X16656412
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0143-831X

Abstract

Employers, workers and governments all have a stake in improving intrinsic job quality since it can help to raise worker well-being and lower the social costs of ill-health. This article provides a unique insight into factors triggering changes to two key aspects of intrinsic job quality – the skills used and developed at work, and the pressures under which work is carried out. Using a rare two-wave panel dataset, the article assesses whether three predicted determinants – namely employee involvement, teamworking and computerisation – are good or bad for these aspects of intrinsic job quality.