LinkedIn, Platforming Labour, and the New Employability Mandate for Universities

Autor/in	Komljenovic, Janja
Titel	LinkedIn, Platforming Labour, and the New Employability Mandate for Universities
Quelle	In: Globalisation, Societies and Education, 17 (2019) 1, S.28-43 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Komljenovic, Janja)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7724
DOI	10.1080/14767724.2018.1500275
Schlagwörter	Social Networks; Social Media; Labor Market; Employment Potential; Universities; Higher Education; Job Search Methods; Marketing; Job Skills; Data Collection; College Students; Labor Needs; Employment Opportunities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Soziale Medien; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; University; Universität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Arbeitsplatzsuchtheorie; Produktive Fertigkeit; Data capture; Datensammlung; Collegestudent; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance
Abstract	Students, academics and university administrators are increasingly using and producing digital platforms, including social media. This paper focuses on LinkedIn to start tackling the question of the effects on higher education as a sector, its actors and the established social practices. It argues that LinkedIn moves beyond the passivity of advertising to its users towards actively structuring digital labour markets, in which it strategically includes universities and its constituents. By introducing the term 'qualification altmetrics', the paper suggests that LinkedIn is building a global marketplace for skills to run in parallel to, or instead of university degrees. Qualification altmetrics might challenge the established practices of knowledge production and valuation. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01