Changing job roles in the Norwegian and UK fitness industry

In Search of National Institutional Effects

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2373697
AutoresCaroline Lloyd (0000-0003-2624-8031, Cardiff University), Jonathan Payne (0000-0003-0384-4930, De Montfort University)
Año2013
Volumen27
Número1
Páginas3-20
Fecha de publicación2013-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017012460325
OpenAlexW2156288675
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas28

There has been considerable debate about the impact of different national institutional environments on work organization. The Nordic countries, with their strong trade unions and well developed systems of social partnership around collective bargaining and vocational education and training, are found to be particularly advanced when it comes to developing more autonomous job roles. While institutions are said to play a key role, some commentators point to the existence of national employment 'logics' which may have a more far-reaching influence. Drawing upon qualitative research, the article compares the job of fitness instructor in Norway and the UK. The study finds little evidence of a clear country-level difference in job design, suggesting that if there is a national employment 'logic' it has been overwhelmed by specific industry dynamics

Collective bargaining · Economic growth · Economics · General partnership · Labour economics · Norwegian · Political science · Public relations · Social partners · Social Partnership · Vocational education · Work (physics · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Labor Movements and Unions · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies