It's All about Control
Worker Control over Schedule and Hours in Cross-National Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4522181 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen S Lyne (0000-0002-1237-3782, Baruch College), Karen S Lyness (Baruch College and Graduate Center, City University of New York), Janet C Gornick (0000-0002-0715-2256, Graduate Center, City University of New York), Pamela Stone (Hunter College and Graduate Center, City University of New York), Angela R Grotto (0000-0001-5930-6432, Baruch College and Graduate Center, City University of New York) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1023-1049 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0003122412465331 |
| OpenAlex | W2151589159 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 103 |
| References cited | 57 |
Workers' ability to control their work schedules and hours varies significantly among industrialized countries. We integrate and extend prior research from a variety of literatures to examine antecedents of control and worker outcomes. Using hierarchical linear modeling and data for 21 countries from the 1997 ISSP Work Orientations Survey supplemented with national indicators developed from a variety of sources, we find that control is associated with country characteristics (affluence, welfare state generosity, union coverage, and working-time regulations), worker attributes (being male, being older, and being better educated), and job characteristics (working part-time, being self-employed, having higher earnings, and having more advancement opportunities). We also examine the relationship of control to job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and strain-based work-family conflict. Generally, low levels of control are linked to negative outcomes for workers, especially for women, an effect sometimes modulated by country-level policy measures
Control (management · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economics · Generosity · Job satisfaction · Multilevel model · Political science · Survey data collection · Variety (cybernetics · Welfare · Work (physics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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