Worker control as the missing link: relations between paid/unpaid work and work‐related learning

Abstract

Explores relations between workers’ extent of control over their paid and unpaid labour processes and the incidence of different types of organized and informal learning. Activity theory is used to posit relations between power and knowledge acquisition in different spheres of work. The sources of evidence are recent Canadian national surveys. Implications of the findings for more democratic organization of paid workplaces and educational institutions are briefly noted.

Citation

Livingstone, D.W. (2001), "Worker control as the missing link: relations between paid/unpaid work and work‐related learning", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 13 No. 7/8, pp. 308-317. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006121