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Workplace Innovations and Employee Outcomes: Evidence from Finland
Author(s) -
KALMI PANU,
KAUHANEN ANTTI
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-232x.2008.00528.x
Subject(s) - job security , discretion , compromise , job satisfaction , set (abstract data type) , job design , business , labour economics , public relations , marketing , job performance , demographic economics , psychology , social psychology , economics , political science , work (physics) , mechanical engineering , computer science , law , programming language , engineering
In the recent literature on workplace innovations, two competing views stand out. One strand of literature emphasizes positive outcomes for employees in the form of increased discretion, improved job security, and enhanced job satisfaction. In turn, critics argue that workplace innovations lead to increased job intensity and mental strain, and compromise job security. We address these issues by using a representative data set on individual employees from Finland. Our results indicate that workplace innovations are mainly associated with beneficial outcomes for employees. They are consistent with the view that institutional features of the Finnish labor market may mediate the outcomes.