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Can different types of employee involvement in decision-making suppress the effects of work intensification and job insecurity on employee well-being? An analysis of the European Working Conditions Survey 2021

Peter Boxall et al.

Economic and Industrial Democracy: an international journal2026https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x261421726article
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Abstract

Work intensification and job insecurity undermine the quality of working life. To what extent can different types of employee involvement in decision-making ameliorate their impacts on employee well-being? Deploying job demands–resources theory and interrogating the European Working Conditions Survey 2021, this study shows that work intensification and job insecurity reduce well-being via lower work engagement and higher exhaustion. While each enhances job quality, individual organizational influence has a greater effect than task discretion in suppressing the negative effects of work intensification. The largest gains for employee and societal well-being will come through greater worker involvement at this level of participation.

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  title        = {{Can different types of employee involvement in decision-making suppress the effects of work intensification and job insecurity on employee well-being? An analysis of the European Working Conditions Survey 2021}},
  author       = {Peter Boxall et al.},
  journal      = {Economic and Industrial Democracy: an international journal},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x261421726},
}

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