Work

How does innovation affect worker well-being?

Year: 2009

Type: book

Abstract: We explore the effects of management innovations on worker well-being using private sector linked employer-employee data for Britain. We find management innovations are associated with lower worker well-being and lower job satisfaction, an effect which becomes more pronounced when we account for the endogeneity of innovation. This is the case for three different count measures of innovation – a global measure of innovation and measures for labour innovations and capital innovations. The effects are ameliorated when workers are covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Key-words: innovation; well-being; job satisfaction; trade unions

Source: London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Authors: Alex Bryson, Harald Dale‐Olsen, Erling Barth

Institution: National Institute of Economic and Social Research

Language: English

Topic: Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

Funders: Universitetet i Oslo, Norges Forskningsråd, Economic and Social Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W3146901384