Add to ORKGMost people would agree that an objective measurement of skill in work is not possible. Many perceptions of what is skilled work privilege 'male' over 'female' occupations, and pre-1950 industrial and craft jobs over more recently-established and service sector jobs. Theories of social construction of skill centre around claim-making by interest groups, structural conditions that allow or prevent such claims, and the institutionalisation of those claims. As skill cannot be measured objectively, the social construction of skill takes on immense significance in defining what are worthy and non-worthy occupations, and the training that is available and valued within those occupations
The recognition of skills is important to individuals. The acquisition of qualifications, their leve...
It is often argued that traditional notions of 'skill' are becoming outmoded and nede to change if t...
This thesis attempts to relate the behaviour and policy of occupational associations to skill, skil...
The purpose of this paper is to provide another perspective on the problematic nature of the concept...
The purpose of this paper is to provide another perspective on the problematic nature of the concept...
An examination of the working knowledge of female garment workers provides the empirical context for...
This paper discusses under-codified and possibly undervalued skills of security staff and cleaners, ...
This paper reports on part of a major research project on jobs traditionally considered to be unskil...
This paper discusses under-codified and possibly undervalued skills of security staff and cleaners, ...
The article argues that identifying and developing vocational skills is a social as well as a techni...
Skills matter, and not just to the people who have them. Skills are crucial supports for work and em...
This paper reports on perceptions of skill and the effects that they have on policy. Interviews were...
The concept of skill and its measurement has been central in contemporary discussions of labour mark...
The concept of skill and its measurement has been central in contemporary discussions of labour mark...
Abstract: This article argues that there is a need to move beyond narrow ways of thinking about trai...
The recognition of skills is important to individuals. The acquisition of qualifications, their leve...
It is often argued that traditional notions of 'skill' are becoming outmoded and nede to change if t...
This thesis attempts to relate the behaviour and policy of occupational associations to skill, skil...
The purpose of this paper is to provide another perspective on the problematic nature of the concept...
The purpose of this paper is to provide another perspective on the problematic nature of the concept...
An examination of the working knowledge of female garment workers provides the empirical context for...
This paper discusses under-codified and possibly undervalued skills of security staff and cleaners, ...
This paper reports on part of a major research project on jobs traditionally considered to be unskil...
This paper discusses under-codified and possibly undervalued skills of security staff and cleaners, ...
The article argues that identifying and developing vocational skills is a social as well as a techni...
Skills matter, and not just to the people who have them. Skills are crucial supports for work and em...
This paper reports on perceptions of skill and the effects that they have on policy. Interviews were...
The concept of skill and its measurement has been central in contemporary discussions of labour mark...
The concept of skill and its measurement has been central in contemporary discussions of labour mark...
Abstract: This article argues that there is a need to move beyond narrow ways of thinking about trai...
The recognition of skills is important to individuals. The acquisition of qualifications, their leve...
It is often argued that traditional notions of 'skill' are becoming outmoded and nede to change if t...
This thesis attempts to relate the behaviour and policy of occupational associations to skill, skil...