| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 271 pages) |
| Series |
Technical and vocational education and training: issues, concerns and prospects ; v. 13 |
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UNESCO-UNEVOC book series ; v. 13.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 4 1.1 Research Context.- 8 1.2 Research Question -- 16 1.3 Methodological Approach -- 18 1.3.1 Frameworks of Reference -- 18 1.3.2 Research Steps and Selection of Participants -- 22 1.3.3 Interview Method and Data Analysis -- 23 2. Skills and Labour Markets in Germany and the UK -- 26 2.1 Introduction -- 26 2.2 Skills and Labour Markets in Germany -- 30 2.3 Skills and Labour Markets in the UK -- 34 2.4 Flexibility, Mobility, Employability -- 38 2.4.1 Flexibility -- 39 2.4.2 Mobility and Commitment -- 41 2.4.3 Employability -- 44 2.5 From 'Skills' to 'Competences' -- 49 2.6 Reflections -- 55 3. Work and Career Orientations of Nurses -- 59 3.1 Introduction -- 59 3.2 Description of the Nursing Sample -- 61 3.3 Background and Sectoral Context -- 70 3.4 Modes of Flexibility and Learning Demands -- 78 3.5 Work and Career Orientations of Nurses -- 84 3.6 The Role of Learning, Skills and Professional Development -- 103 3.7 The Role of Peers and Practice Communities -- 116 3.8 Conclusions -- 118 4. Work and Career Orientations of IT technicians -- 118 4.1 Description of the IT Sample -- 118 4.2 Background and Sectoral Context -- 118 4.3 Modes of Flexibility and Learning Demands -- 118 4.4 Work and Career Orientations of IT technicians -- 118 4.5 The Role of Learning, Skills and Professional Development -- 118 4.6 The Role of Peers and Practice Communities -- 118 4.7 Conclusions -- 118 5. Reflections on Empirical Findings -- 118 5.1 Nurses and IT technicians-summary of empirical findings -- 118 5.2 German and UK labour markets-opportunities and constraints -- 118 6. Key Issues and Dominant Themes -- 118 6.1 Control and agency in modern work contexts -- 118 6.2 Creating coherent career narratives and identity continuities -- 118 6.2.1 The notion of 'identity' -- 118 6.2.2 Work-related identities -- 118 6.2.3 Creating work-related identity continuities -- 118 6.3 Tensions between careers, skill profiles and work identity -- 118 6.3.1 Developing specialist or general skills or both?- 118 6.3.2 Skills and individual careers -- 118 7. Conclusions -- 118 8. References 118 Annexes Appendix I: Methods |
| Summary |
With labour markets across the world and even in social democratic Europe in a state of unprecedented flux, this exhaustive study addresses the problem of how to balance job market demands, personal career interests and private life becomes a central issue for millions of employees. So how do modern work and employment arrangements restructure individual careers and what is required of individuals in order to manage career transitions successfully over time? This is one of very few in-depth empirical studies to analyze how labour market trends, organisational change and the subjective work ori |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Labor supply -- Effect of education on.
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Labor supply -- Effect of technological innovations on.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Labor.
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Sciences sociales.
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Droit.
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Sciences humaines.
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Labor supply -- Effect of education on
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Labor supply -- Effect of technological innovations on
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9400702337 |
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9789400702332 |
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9400702345 |
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9789400702349 |
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9781283086011 |
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1283086018 |
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