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The Mismatched Worker: When People Don’t Fit Their Jobs (5 types (Work…
The Mismatched Worker: When People Don’t Fit Their Jobs
:smiley: jobs match their needs, preferences, and abilities, they are likely to be relatively happy and satisfied with their work and lives, and workplaces are apt to function fairly smoothly and effectively
:unamused:Mismatches: difficulties more common
disadvantages for psn:
Mismatches are likely to have widespread negative
consequences for individuals. Each mismatch
produces dissatisfaction with the job and is
apt to encourage individuals to change the work
situation
disad. for employers and organizations
reason: globalization, growth of information technology and technological innovation, growth of information technology
and technological innovation, diversity of the labor force.
theme: changes in labor markets and the workforce have led to seven types of mismatches
center: People vary like jobs
Mismatches Are Contextual
InterrelationsAmongMismatches
one mismatch may cause others
some kinds of mismatches may coexist because they result from similar processes, such as
from a disharmony between labor supply and employment
demand.
some kinds of mismatches may be mutually
exclusive and negatively related to each
other.
5 types
Skills Mismatches
Overqualification.
Underqualification.
underqualification
and its relationship to rapid technological
change and increased competitiveness
Geographical Mismatches
Most cities in America started
with an urban-industrial core with people living
within walking distance of their jobs. As cities
(and transportation) evolved, more affluent people
moved away from the city core to create the
suburbs. Later the jobs followed, leaving low-income,
minority residents behind in an often hollowed-
out urban core.
3.Temporal Mismatches （ number of hours & intensity）
overworking,
underworking （economic hardship）
37% of men and about
28% of women in both 1989 and 1998 said they
would like to work more hours if this
Earnings Mismatches
about 16% of the population)
lacked health insurance in 2005
Low-wage workers shared certain individual
characteristics 58% women
Work-Family Mismatches
Time-based conflict
Strain-based conflict
Behavior-based conflict
both men
and women without children are more likely to
say that their work interferes with their family
activities “often” or “sometimes” than they are to
say that their family life interferes with their job
(36% vs. 25% for men, 33% vs. 25% for women).
solutions
complicated takes time
Better Sorting of Workers to Jobs
Social Policies
create better jobs.
build a “safety net”