Reinventing the Division of Labour? How Organisational and Micro-Level Factors Influence Work in Local Public Welfare Organisations
Many professions in the public sector, such as healthcare staff, social welfare officers and teachers are experiencing a heavier workload and an increasing number of work tasks of growing complexity. This study examines the policy tendency to introduce a stricter division of labour, by delegating lo...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of Organizational Sociology Jg. 1; H. 2; S. 199 - 221 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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De Gruyter
01.09.2023
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| ISSN: | 2752-2997, 2752-2997 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Many professions in the public sector, such as healthcare staff, social welfare officers and teachers are experiencing a heavier workload and an increasing number of work tasks of growing complexity. This study examines the policy tendency to introduce a stricter division of labour, by delegating lower status tasks professionals preform to assistants, as a key to reduce public sector workload. In contrast, the public sector has been subject to organisational reforms the past 20–30 years resulting in a reduced division of labour among professions. This article explores the reversibility of the division of labour within a local public sector context, and it demonstrates how different micro-level factors may promote or counteract changes in the division of labour at the workplace. A main contribution is the prospect to rethink the capacity of organisational work-related reforms in professional settings directed at processes of division of labour in local public organisations. |
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| ISSN: | 2752-2997 2752-2997 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/joso-2022-0004 |