Francis Green

Skills and Skilled Work

An Economic and Social Analysis

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This multidisciplinary book develops an original framework for understanding skills, skilled work, and surrounding policies. It establishes the concept and measurement of skill, sets out a theoretical framework for skills analyses, and investigates the roles of employers, workers, and other social actors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 511g
• ISBN-13: 9780199642854
• ISBN-10: 0199642850
• Artikelnr.: 36953501

Autorenporträt

Francis Green, Professor of Work and Education Economics, Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES), Institute of Education, University of London

Inhaltsangabe

PART I : SKILL CONCEPTS AND FRAMEWORK
1: Skilled Work and Job Quality
2: What Is Skill?
3: Framing the Analysis of Skilled Work
4: The Measurement of Skill
PART II: THE PLAYERS
5: Employers and the Evolution of Skilled Work
6: Employers and Skill Formation
7: Skills and Skilled Work for Workers
PART III : SYSTEMS AND INTERVENTIONS
8: Skill Matching Processes, Problems, and Outcomes
9: Skill Systems and the Role of the State
10: Skills Analysis for Modern Economies
11: Threads and Limits