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Job Design and Skill Development in the Workplace☆

In: Skill Mismatch in Labor Markets

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  • Giovanni Russo

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We investigate the relationship between job complexity and skill development of adult workers in Europe using the Cedefop European Skills and Jobs Survey.1The 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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  • Giovanni Russo, 2017. "Job Design and Skill Development in the Workplace☆," Research in Labor Economics, in: Skill Mismatch in Labor Markets, volume 45, pages 409-445, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:rleczz:s0147-912120170000045011
    DOI: 10.1108/S0147-912120170000045011
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    1. Gaižauskienė Laura & Tunčikienė Živilė, 2018. "Organizational Level Factors of Knowledge Worker-Workplace Fit: Identifying the Key Drivers," Open Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 1(1), pages 167-178, December.
    2. Pouliakas, Konstantinos, 2020. "Working at Home in Greece: Unexplored Potential at Times of Social Distancing?," IZA Discussion Papers 13408, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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    Keywords

    Job tasks; skill development; job design; workplace learning; J24; J81;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions

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