In and Out of Control: How Class and Occupation Conditions the Relationship between Job Skills and Job Control (Task Discretion) in Four Western European Countries

The present study aimed to predict job control (i.e., task discretion) based on class and occupation with skill use as a (hypothesized) mechanism in four Western European countries by using the OECD adult skill survey (PIAAC). The countries were Denmark, Belgium, Italy, and the United Kingdom (UK). The study used a Bayesian approach that included multilevel models combined with measurement models. The study uses the international standard classification of occupations with two digits (clustering variable) as well as the European socioeconomic classification (ESeC) measured with three social cl... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Reichenberg, Olof
Dokumenttyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Verlag/Hrsg.: NLD
Schlagwörter: Soziologie / Anthropologie / Wirtschaft / Sociology & anthropology / Economics / job control / task discretion / job skills / occupations / PIAAC / Allgemeine Soziologie / Makrosoziologie / spezielle Theorien und Schulen / Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie / Berufsforschung / Berufssoziologie / General Sociology / Basic Research / General Concepts and History of Sociology / Sociological Theories / Occupational Research / Occupational Sociology / Westeuropa / Dänemark / Belgien / Italien / soziale Klasse / Beruf / Arbeitssoziologie / soziale Schichtung / Kompetenz / Erwachsener / soziale Ungleichheit / Western Europe / Denmark / Belgium / Italy / social class / occupation / sociology of work / social stratification / competence / adult / social inequality
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The present study aimed to predict job control (i.e., task discretion) based on class and occupation with skill use as a (hypothesized) mechanism in four Western European countries by using the OECD adult skill survey (PIAAC). The countries were Denmark, Belgium, Italy, and the United Kingdom (UK). The study used a Bayesian approach that included multilevel models combined with measurement models. The study uses the international standard classification of occupations with two digits (clustering variable) as well as the European socioeconomic classification (ESeC) measured with three social classes. The results indicate that greater worker technical skills (computer use) and social skills (e.g., negotiate and influence) predict higher levels of job control. Social classes interact with skills to predict job control (except Belgium). Occupational computer skills predict job control (in Belgium and Italy). In conclusion, the study supports predictions by neo-Durkheimians, neo-Weberians, New Structuralists, and relational approaches to inequality.