Who wants to work less? Significance of socio-economic status and work conditions for work commitment among Swedish lottery winners

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2300977
AutoresAnna Hedenus (0000-0002-5745-0227, University of Gothenburg, autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Volumen55
Número4
Páginas335-350
Fecha de publicación2012-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaActa Sociologica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0001-6993 • E-ISSN: 1502-3869
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0001699312460251
OpenAlexW1979136368
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas25

Manual workers and workers who experience their jobs as 'bad' are presumed to have a more instrumental attitude toward work than those with high job satisfaction. This study examines whether demonstrated differences in Swedish lottery winners' work patterns - where blue-collar winners are more apt than white-collar winners to scale back their time spent on paid work - can be explained by a difference in work conditions for these socio-economic groups. Starting from such expectations, this article examines the impact of work conditions on winners' decisions to leave their jobs, take periods of leave, or reduce their working hours. Negative job perceptions accompanying physical strain, poor possibilities for further training, 'bad' colleagues and lack of influence over one's working hours were found to be central in the decision to spend less time at work. The effect of socio-economic status on the option of working shorter hours, however, was still significant even when controlling for job characteristics

Blue collar · Business · Collar · Demographic economics · Economics · Job satisfaction · Labour economics · Lottery · Perception · Scale (ratio · Work (physics · Work hours · Working hours · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being