Table 2 Job content variables
From: Matching worker skills to job tasks in the Netherlands: sorting into cities for better careers
| Â | Matching variables |
|---|---|
Matching all skills | How do your knowledge and skills suit the work you do? |
Cognitive skills & cognitive tasks | Absolute difference between cognitive skills and cognitive task importance (see below). |
Social skills & cognitive tasks | Absolute difference between social skills and social task importance (see below). |
|  |   Skill variables |
Investment cognitive skills | Score on 5 statements about cognitively oriented personality – see Table 1. |
Investment social skills | Score on 5 statements about socially oriented personality – see Table 1. |
|  |    Tasks |
Importance cognitive tasks | Number of cognitive tasks (out of 8) that are core tasks in the worker’s job. |
Importance social tasks | Number of social tasks (out of 8) that are core tasks in the worker’s job. |