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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
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Abstract 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). ... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
Western Europe; Denmark; Belgium; Italy; social class; occupation; sociology of work; social stratification; competence; adult; social inequality
Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Occupational Research, Occupational Sociology
Free Keywords
job control; task discretion; job skills; occupations; PIAAC
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 530-562
Journal
Comparative Sociology, 20 (2021) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1163/15691330-12341536
ISSN
1569-1330
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed