Work organization and preferences dynamics

Victor Hiller

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Abstract: We present a model with intergenerational transmission of preferences providing a joint explanation of preference evolution and of work organization changes in a society. We focus on the preference for autonomy, defined as an individual's degree of initiative and the value they attach to self direction. We show that the economy has several steady states with different levels of worker autonomy and of the degree of coercion in the work place. The Industrial Revolution and the recent return of flexible forms of organization enable us to illustrate the existence of organizational path dependency. Indeed, the current technological shocks, impacting on the long-run distribution of preferences, modify the future possibilities of adoption of new organizational forms.

Keywords: historical path dependency; Cultural transmission; work organization; industrial revolution; historical path dependency.; Transmission culturelle; organisation du travail; Révolution industrielle; dépendance historique de voie d'accès. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-08
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