ISBN:
9789004463059
,
9789004463066
Language:
English
Pages:
XVI, 286 Seiten
Series Statement:
The knowledge economy and education volume 12
Series Statement:
The knowledge economy and education
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Livingstone, D. W Professional power and skill use in the 'knowledge economy'
DDC:
305.5/53
Keywords:
Humankapital
;
Qualifikation
;
Wissensgesellschaft
;
Kapitalismus
;
Führungskräfte
;
Angestellte
;
Unterbeschäftigung
;
Betriebliches Bildungsmanagement
;
Weiterbildung
;
Pflegeberufe
;
Ingenieure
;
Welt
;
Professional employees
;
Social status
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Vocational qualifications
;
Fallstudie
Abstract:
"This is the first systematic analysis of the class structure of professionals. Their growing numbers, including mainly non-managerial professional employees as well as self-employed professionals, professional employers and professional managers, have been conflated in most prior studies. In this book, evidence comes from a unique series of large-scale surveys since the 1980s as well as recent comparative case studies of engineers and nurses. A primary focus is on issues of job control and skill utilization among these knowledge workers widely regarded as pivotal to the sustainability of knowledge economies. Professional employees in particular are found to face declining job control, diminishing use of their skills and increasing barriers to continuing learning. There are many original benchmarks here to serve as guides for further studies on professional classes, job design and training strategies in advanced capitalist economies"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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