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Worker control and workplace learning: Expansion of the Job Demand-Control Model
Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society
  • Johanna Weststar, Western University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-11-2009
URL with Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-232X.2009.00572.x
Abstract

This paper uses a sub-sample (N= 5,800) of a unique data set on work and life-long learning to develop the learning dimension of the Job Demand-Control model (Administrative Science Quarterly[1979] 24:285). The model is expanded by including three distinct learning behaviors to allow for a complete assessment of workplace learning. Worker control is also expanded to include often con-founded dimensions of Social and Technical Control. The results confirm that different types of learning are related to different determinants and that Social and Technical Control are key factors in learning participation.

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Johanna Weststar (2009). Worker control and workplace learning: Expansion of the Job Demand-Control Model, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 48(3), 533-548, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-232X.2009.00572.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.

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Citation Information
Johanna Weststar. "Worker control and workplace learning: Expansion of the Job Demand-Control Model" Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society Vol. 48 Iss. 3 (2009) p. 533 - 548
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/johanna_weststar/27/