Class and Work Autonomy in 21 Countries: A Question of Production Regime or Power Resources?
Autonomy, or the extent to which employees can control their own work, is a central theme in debates on organizational flexibility and labour market stratification. Predictions of upskilling and autonomy, for manual workers too, have been a striking component in visions of post-Fordism and post-indu...
| Publicado en: | Acta Sociologica (Sage Publications, Ltd.) Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 213 - 229 |
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Sep2010
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