Labour Market Flexibility And Individual Careers
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Author |
: Simone R. Kirpal |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 276 |
Release |
: 2011-01-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789400702349 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9400702345 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Labour-Market Flexibility and Individual Careers by : Simone R. Kirpal
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 orientations of individuals interact. The author’s detailed assessment is based on a comparison of the structural contexts, work orientations and employment histories of nurses and ICT technicians in Germany and the UK. These two core service occupations, as well as the national contexts of the two European nations, have quite different working environments and vocational traditions. Nursing is an institutionalized semi-profession with clear criteria of qualification and career continuity, while information and communication technology (ICT) is a new, evolving field with varied skill backgrounds and high job mobility. To arrive at an understanding of how individual career trajectories are changing, this book closely examines the interplay of labour market demands, employees’ work and career orientations and the development of their skills. It records the ways in which employees adapt to increased labour market flexibility, which, on the one hand, induces discontinuities of careers, employment and work, and on the other, generates new skill requirements and learning expectations, as well as unforeseen opportunities.
Author |
: Simone R. Kirpal |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 2011-04-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9400702353 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789400702356 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Labour-Market Flexibility and Individual Careers by : Simone R. Kirpal
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 orientations of individuals interact. The author’s detailed assessment is based on a comparison of the structural contexts, work orientations and employment histories of nurses and ICT technicians in Germany and the UK. These two core service occupations, as well as the national contexts of the two European nations, have quite different working environments and vocational traditions. Nursing is an institutionalized semi-profession with clear criteria of qualification and career continuity, while information and communication technology (ICT) is a new, evolving field with varied skill backgrounds and high job mobility. To arrive at an understanding of how individual career trajectories are changing, this book closely examines the interplay of labour market demands, employees’ work and career orientations and the development of their skills. It records the ways in which employees adapt to increased labour market flexibility, which, on the one hand, induces discontinuities of careers, employment and work, and on the other, generates new skill requirements and learning expectations, as well as unforeseen opportunities.
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Total Pages |
: 108 |
Release |
: 1991 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105008877859 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Labour Market Flexibility by :
Discusses five major topics: the meaning of the term "flexibility", the various forms which it takes in practice, its short-and long-term implications, the diverse forms it may assume in different national contexts, and finally its effectiveness as an instrument of economic and employment policy
Author |
: Shirley Dex |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 215 |
Release |
: 2016-07-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781349143337 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1349143332 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Flexible Employment by : Shirley Dex
Many employed men and women now hold self-employed, part-time or temporary jobs. Such jobs have been increasing since the 1970s. This book examines the implications for employers, individuals and households of this development. The lack of fringe benefits, job security and employment rights for these flexible jobs are described as well as the effects on the mental health of individuals. The view that flexible jobs are necessary for an efficient economy is questioned. Britain is relatively unique in Europe in promoting low-quality flexible jobs which fail to use the skills of its workforce.
Author |
: R. J. A. Muffels |
Publisher |
: Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 422 |
Release |
: 2014-05-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781781007693 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1781007691 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Flexibility and employment security in Europe by : R. J. A. Muffels
This title presents carefully selected articles that are at the ultimate forefront of professional studies on 'transitional labour markets' and 'flexicurity'.
Author |
: Kathleen Christensen |
Publisher |
: Cornell University Press |
Total Pages |
: 423 |
Release |
: 2011-03-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780801457203 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0801457203 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Workplace Flexibility by : Kathleen Christensen
Although today's family has changed, the workplace has not—and the resulting one-size-fits-all workplace has become profoundly mismatched to the needs of an increasingly diverse and varied workforce. As changes in the composition of the workforce exert new demands on employers, considerable attention is being paid to how workplaces can be structured more flexibly to achieve the goals of employers and employees. Workplace Flexibility brings together sixteen essays authored by leading experts in economics, demography, political science, law, sociology, anthropology, and management. Collectively, they make the case for workplace flexibility, as well as examine existing business practices and public policy regarding flexibility in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Japan. Workplace Flexibility underscores the need to realign the structure of work in time and place with the needs of the changing workforce. Considering the positive and negative consequences for employer and employee alike, the authors argue that, although there is not an easy solution to creating and implementing flexibility practices—in the United States or abroad—redesigning the workplace is essential if today's workers are effectively to meet the demands of life and work and if employers are successfully able to attract and retain top talent and improve performance.
Author |
: Maarten van Ham |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 180 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: CORNELL:31924092385222 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Job Access, Workplace Mobility, and Occupational Achievement by : Maarten van Ham
Author |
: Wieteke Conen |
Publisher |
: Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 343 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781788115032 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1788115031 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Self-Employment as Precarious Work by : Wieteke Conen
Since the 1970s the long term decline in self-employment has slowed – and even reversed in some countries – and the prospect of ‘being your own boss’ is increasingly topical in the discourse of both the general public and within academia. Traditionally, self-employment has been associated with independent entrepreneurship, but increasingly it has become a form of precarious work. This book utilises evidence-based information to address both the current and future challenges of this trend as the nature of self-employment changes, as well as to demonstrate where, when and why self-employment has emerged as precarious work in Europe.
Author |
: OECD |
Publisher |
: OECD Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 396 |
Release |
: 2018-12-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789264308817 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9264308814 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Good Jobs for All in a Changing World of Work The OECD Jobs Strategy by : OECD
The labour markets of OECD and emerging economies are undergoing major transformations. The widespread slow-down in productivity and wage growth and high levels of income inequality in many countries are coupled with structural changes linked to the digital revolution, globalisation and ...
Author |
: Tommy Isidorsson |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 219 |
Release |
: 2018-09-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351358521 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351358529 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis Job Quality in an Era of Flexibility by : Tommy Isidorsson
This is the era of flexibility. Under constant pressure to be adaptable, organizations increasingly adopt employment practices such as zero-hours contracts, the casualization of the workforce and the use of temporary and agency labour. These flexible practices are central to debates about the changing nature of job quality and its causes, trends and consequences. Arguing that job quality is central to understanding contemporary work, this book explores the internal and external pressures for flexibility in workplaces, professions and sectors and how this pressure shapes workers’ experiences of job quality. By studying job quality dynamics via case studies from organizations and occupations in the UK, Poland, Belgium and Sweden, the volumes illustrates the diversity of practices and experiences, as well as market pressures and institutional arrangements which effect working lives. Finally, the editors propose a policy debate on the new concept "flexiquality" - a combination of flexibility and job quality that can be beneficial for both management and workers.