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Title: Be Careful What You Wish For: The Learning Imperative in Postindustrial Work

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: Learning at work is usually seen as beneficial for the professional and personal lives of workers. In this article, we propose that learnings relationship to worker well-being may be more complicated. We posit that learning can become a burden (instead of always being a benefit) in occupations that are learning intensive and tightly associated with the postindustrial economy. Results of analyses using data from the General Social Survey suggest that learning lessens workfamily conflict by increasing job satisfaction, but at the same time, learning makes workfamily conflict worse by leading people to work longer hours and exacerbating work-related stress.

Url: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0730888416655187

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Authors: Valdes, Gonzalo; Barley, Stephen R

Periodical (Full): Work and Occupations

Issue: 4

Volume: 43

Pages: 466-501

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Family and Marriage, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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