The task framework has focused on employee survey data to analyze how computer use changes the content of jobs. In this article, we add another factor of work design, namely trade union presence. Using data from the UK Skills and Employment Surveys for the period 1997–2012, we find that union presence is associated with more Tayloristic jobs involving less autonomy, lower relevance of problem solving, and more control. In line with theory, the union effect moves in the opposite direction to the effect of computer use. The article has two important general implications. First, the Tayloristic/holistic distinction is an instructive dichotomy to evaluate changes in work design. Second, the presence of unions may induce managers to design jobs in Tayloristic ways in order to curb union bargaining power.

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工会如何开展工作设计？英国的计算机使用，工会存在和泰勒式工作

任务框架专注于员工调查数据，以分析计算机使用方式如何改变工作内容。在本文中，我们添加了工作设计的另一个因素，即工会存在。使用1997-2012年英国技能和就业调查的数据，我们发现工会存在与泰勒式工作相关，涉及的自治性较低，解决问题的相关性较低且具有更大的控制力。根据理论，联合效应的作用与计算机使用的作用相反。本文有两个重要的一般含义。首先，泰勒式/整体式的区别是一种评估工作设计变更的指导性二分法。其次，工会的存在可能促使经理人以泰勒主义的方式设计工作，以遏制工会的议价能力。