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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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kirpal, Simone R. (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
Σειρά:Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects ; 13
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • 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.