Perceived job autonomy in the manufacturing sector: effects of unions, gender, and substantive complexity

Article Abstract:

The relationship between union membership and job autonomy (the freedom a worker has to decide what to do and how to do it) is studied, using data extrapolated from the Quality of Employment Survey conducted in 1977. It is assumed that employees with union contracts experience less job autonomy than non-union employees, and that the relationship between union membership and job autonomy is stronger for men than it is for women. Theses assumptions are generally upheld by the research. The employee likely to experience the highest degree of job autonomy is described as a white male with a complicated job, who makes decisions affecting other people in a non-unionized business environment. The results show that gender qualifies the relationship of job complexity and union membership to job autonomy.

Psychological aspects, Usage, Labor unions, Job satisfaction, Employee morale, Industrial sociology, Autonomy, Autonomy (Political science)

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Layoffs, job insecurity, and survivors' work effort: evidence of an inverted-U relationship

Article Abstract:

The field study reported here explored the relationship between the job insecurity associated with a layoff and the work effort of employees who survived it. The relationship took the form of an inverted U, particularly among survivors whose economic need to work was relatively high. Theoretical implications are discussed, as are the limitations of the study and suggestions for future research. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Job security, Layoffs, Workers, Employee attitudes

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