Skill and Occupational Change (Paperback)

Language: English

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1994

0198279280 / 9780198279280

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Paperback. Leading economists, sociologists, and psychologists present their highly original research into changes in jobs in Britain in the 1980s.Combining large-scale sample surveys, personal life-histories, and case studies of towns, employers, and worker groups, their findings give clear and sometimes surprising answers to questions debated by social and economic observers in all advanced countries.Doestechnology destroy skills or rebuild them? How does skill affect the attitudes of employees and their managers towards their jobs? Are women gaining greater skill equality with men, or are they still stuck on the lowerrungs of the skill and occupational ladders? The book also takes up neglected issues (what do employees really mean by a skilled job? How does skill-change link with changes in social values?) and challenges and discredits the widely held view that new technology has de-skilled the workforce.Skill and Occupational Change exploits the richest single data-set available and the authors exemplify many new techniques for researching skills at work: as an economicresource, as a motor of occupational change, and as a basis for personal careers and identity. It provides the most comprehensive, authoritative, and carefully researched set of conclusions to date on skilltrends and their implications and draws the authoritative new map of skill-change in British society.Contributors: Brendan Burchell, Peter Elias, Jane Elliott, Brian Francis, Duncan Gallie, Ann Gasteen, Sarah Horrell, Roger Penn, Michael Rose, Jill Rubery, Hilda Scattergood, John Sewell, Frank Wilkinson A consideration of original research into changes in jobs in Britain in the 1980s. The authors argue that new technology builds greater skill in the workforce. They also discuss the attitudes of employees and managers, the position of women workers, and how skill-change links with wider changes in social values. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Title
Skill and Occupational Change (Paperback)
Author
Penn
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Oxford
Publication year
1994
Condition
new
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
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