Labour-Market Flexibility and Individual Careers A Comparative Study
With labour markets across the world and even in social democratic Europe in a state of unprecedented flux, 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 arrangement...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands
2011.
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| Colección: | Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects ;
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
