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AUTHOR
Ashley Pullman
Cross-country comparisons on the relative relationship between education and workplace task discretion
International audience
The relative relationship between education and workplace task discretion: an international comparative perspective
International audience; Through analyses of Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) data, the following study considers the direct and indirect association between education and workplace task discretion in 30 countries. By focusing on cross-national comparison, it considers the ways in which these findings are dependent on both the overall level and the range of task discretion across occupational sectors within a country. Theoretically, individual-agency and critical-institutional hypotheses are compared, two perspectives that provide divergent explanations for the indirect association between education and task discretion. The findings partially support b…
The long arm of education? A 28-year perspective on the consequences of education for job quality and wellbeing over adulthood
International audience
Discretion, capabilities and autonomy: The role of education from an international comparative perspective
International audience