Job Design and Skill Development in the Workplace
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Skill Mismatch in Labor Markets
ISBN: 978-1-78714-378-4, eISBN: 978-1-78714-377-7
Publication date: 11 May 2017
Abstract
We investigate the relationship between job complexity and skill development of adult workers in Europe using the Cedefop European Skills and Jobs Survey. 1 The results suggest that challenging workplaces in which jobs are designed to include complex tasks that place high demands on workers’ skills also stimulate skill development. Increasing the degree of job complexity has positive and robust effects on the degree of skill development. Skill development is also positively linked to job tenure. The analysis stresses the importance of on-the-job learning and contextual workplace characteristics for adult workers’ skill development.
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Citation
Russo, G. (2017), "Job Design and Skill Development in the Workplace
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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