How does innovation affect worker well-being?

Bryson, Alex, Dale-Olsen, Harald and Barth, Erling (2009) How does innovation affect worker well-being? CEP discussion paper, no. 953. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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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.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://cep.lse.ac.uk/
Additional Information:	© 2009 The authors
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Innovation; well-being; job satisfaction; trade unions
Library of Congress subject classification:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Journal of Economic Literature Classification System:	J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination and Creation; Human Capital; Retirement > J28 - Safety; Accidents; Industrial Health; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining > J51 - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development > O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L23 - Organization of Production J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J8 - Labor Standards: National and International > J81 - Working Conditions
Sets:	Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
Rights:	http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm
Identification Number:	no. 953
URL:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/27781/

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