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Occupational Characteristics and Classification Systems

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  • Kenneth I. Spenner

    (Boys Town Center for the Study of Youth Development)

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Recent social research shows a renewed interest in detailed characteristics of jobs. The Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) and census classification systems as bases for measures of job features are reviewed. The article reports on a set of characteristics that have been estimated for detailed 1960 and 1970 census categories, including those generated by Temme and new indicators for routiniza tion and closeness of supervision in work. The report includes information on how the measures were generated, evidence on their validity as assessed against corresponding individual-level measures, and an assessment of the measurement slippage involved in moving between the different occupation classification systems.

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  • Kenneth I. Spenner, 1980. "Occupational Characteristics and Classification Systems," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 9(2), pages 239-264, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:somere:v:9:y:1980:i:2:p:239-264
    DOI: 10.1177/004912418000900207
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    1. Lucas, Robert E B, 1974. "The Distribution of Job Characteristics," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 56(4), pages 530-540, November.
    2. Sidney A. Fine, 1968. "The Use of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles as a Source of Estimates of Educational and Training Requirements," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 3(3), pages 363-375.
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