Language Investment and Employability The Uneven Distribution of Resources in the Public Employment Service /

• Main Authors: Flubacher, Mi-Cha (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Duchêne, Alexandre (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Coray, Renata (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Sociolinguistics.; Multilingualism.; Applied linguistics.; Industrial sociology.; Ethnography.; Success in business.; Careers.; Applied Linguistics.; Sociology of Work.; Careers in Business and Management.

This book provides a unique insight into negotiations around language investment for employability in the context of public employment services. Drawing on extensive ethnographical research carried out in Regional Employment Offices in Switzerland, the authors follow the stories of various job seeke...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Language investment and employability: an introduction
• Chapter 2. The politics of investment and employability in the public employment service
• Chapter 3. The logic of return on language investment in the allocation of resources for employability
• Chapter 4. The uneven recognition of language investment for employability
• Chapter 5. Concluding considerations about language investment and employability from a political economic perspective.