Entry:

Halaby, Charles N. and Weakliem, David L., "Worker Control and Attachment to the Firm," American Journal of Sociology, 95 (November, 1989), 549-91.


Abstract:

The amount of control workers have over their tasks has no cumulative effect on worker loyalty. Increased control has a negative direct effect, but has positive indirect effects which offset the former.

GSS Years:

1972-1986

Other Data Sets:

QES 1977

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

WRKSTAT

LABOR FRCE STATUS

WKSUP

DOES R OR SPOUSE SUPERVISE ANYONE

OCC

RS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970)

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

DOTDATA

D.O.T. CODE - RELATION TO DATA

DOTPEOP

D.O.T. CODE - RELATION TO PEOPLE

DOTTHNG

D.O.T. CODE - RELATION TO THINGS

DOTGED

D.O.T. CODE - GENERAL EDUC DEVELOP.

DOTSVP

D.O.T. CODE - SPECIFIC VOCAT. PREP

DOTPRES

TEMME PRESTIGE SCALE