Deprivation, Work Experience and the Legitimation of Authority (DWELA), 1975

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>To examine the different ways in which individuals understand and explain the working of the structure of reward distribution.<br>
(N.B. Potential users of this data set should note that this study was an exploratory feasibility study with a rather small number of respondents).<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions<br>
Respondent's occupation: amount of time spent engaged in physical tasks/written work/dealing with people/ other aspects; most important aspect of job; whether work is mainly indoors or outdoors; by whom supervised and type of relationship; whether respondent has responsibility for supervision; whether works together with or independently of others; how speed of work is determined and amount of choice and variation; extent of mobility/repetitiveness/predictability; what respondent thinks of as being a 'complete job' - whether he feels he has finished a piece of work; most complex aspect of job; consequences of a wrong decision; possible reasons for things going wrong; amount of flexibility possible; whether special training/education normally required, and amount of time needed; whether respondent would prefer a job with more/less scope for initiative/ responsibility/variety and interest/opportunity to increase knowledge and abilities.<br>
General: responses were sought to sets of statements dealing with such aspects of cognition as fatalism, dogmatism, criteria for reward distribution, acceptance of attainment criteria and class consciousness.<br>
Background Variables<br>
Occupation.