Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/23474
Author(s): Lopes, H.
Calapez, T.
Date: 2021
Title: Job polarisation: Capturing the effects of work organisation
Volume: 32
Number: 4
Pages: 594 - 613
ISSN: 1035-3046
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.1177/1035304621996064
Keywords: Devaluation of work
European working conditions surveys
Job command-control model
Job polarisation
Abstract: This article critically challenges the findings and assumptions of mainstream job polarisation literature. Based on the European Working Conditions Survey data and on the Job Demand-Control model, which allows for capturing the organisational dimension of jobs, we examine the patterns and evolution of occupations in 22 European countries from 2005 to 2015. Instead of pervasive job polarisation, we observe a near-pervasive trend of upgrading job quality, suggesting that job polarisation may be caused by the undervaluation/devaluation of jobs low in the occupational hierarchy – not by computerisation-driven changes in work tasks. Indeed, only the former can explain the decrease in the number of low-quality jobs while the number of low-paid jobs increases. After documenting the relevance of firm-level organisational choices, we suggest that counteracting job polarisation requires, beyond meso-level collective bargaining, a public intervention that promotes participatory decision-making in firms.
Peerreviewed: yes
Access type: Open Access
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