Temporal Changes in Work Content
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5250705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth I Spenner (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 968 |
| Publication date | 1979-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2094720 |
| OpenAlex | W2329050693 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 40 |
| References cited | 1 |
Hypotheses about temporal changes in work content over the past century include notions of the upgrading, downgrading, and no-change in skill requirements over time. Current evidence is limited largely to case studies. Analytically, two types of change underlie aggregate variations in skill requirements: change in the distribution of workers in jobs and actual change in the content ofjobs. Recent research for the first type of change in the American economy suggests a modest skill downgrading since 1900. Using data from two consecutive editions of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles for a sample of jobs, I present new evidence that shows small variations for the second type of change for the last 10-12 years. There has been a slight upgrading in skill requirements in several sectors of the labor force
Content (measure theory · Physics · Sociology · Thermodynamics · Work (physics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions · Mathematics · Psychology
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Numerically Controlled Machine Tools and Worker Skills
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Educación, formación y empleo en el umbral de los noventa
Skill, task discretion and new technology
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Formal Education and Initial Employment
Occupational and Labor Market Effects on Secondary and Postsecondary Educational Expansion in the United States
Industrial Transformation and the Decline of Craft
What Has Sociology to Contribute to the Study of Inequality Trends? A Historical and Comparative Perspective
The Deskilling Thesis Revisited
Are Skill Requirements Rising? Evidence from Production and Clerical Jobs
Culture et structuration des opinions politiques des travailleurs du papier
The Skill Requirements of Work Activity
The Effect of Occupational Growth on Labor Force Task Characteristics
Social Construction of Skill
The Concept of Skill
New Technology, Job Content, and Worker Alienation
Temporal Change in Occupational Differentiation
The Deskilling Controversy
Equal Work, Unequal Pay
Women, Men, and Machines
Occupational Differentiation, Prestige, and Socioeconomic Status
Skills Mismatch in the Labor Market
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| Unique citing works | 40 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,87 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 2015 (36) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 40 |