Gallie, Duncan, Felstead, Alan, Green, Francis (2003) Skill, Task Discretion and New Technology. Trends in Britain 1986-2001. L'Annee Sociologique, 53 (2). pp. 401-430. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:6597)
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Abstract
Drawing upon evidence from a series of national surveys of the British workforce, the paper assesses the long-standing debates about trends in skills and task discretion, and their relationship to changes in technology. It reveals a significant rise in skill levels over the period, with little evidence of increased workforce polarisation. In sharp contrast, task discretion declined for most categories of employee and particularly sharply for professionals, personal service and sales employees and those in elementary occupations. New computer-based technologies were strongly associated with higher skills, but did not significantly influence task discretion.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Economics |
Depositing User: | G.F. Green |
Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2008 16:56 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 09:44 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/6597 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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