Labour market flexibility and individual careers. A comparative study.

Autor/in	Kirpal, Simone R.
Titel	Labour market flexibility and individual careers. A comparative study. Paralleltitel: Arbeitsmarktflexibilität und individuelle Berufsverläufe. Eine vergleichende Untersuchung.
Quelle	Dordrecht: Springer (2011), 271 S. PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Technical and vocational education and training: issues, concerns and prospects. 13
Zusatzinformation	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	978-94-007-0233-2
DOI	10.1007/978-94-007-0234-9
Schlagwörter	Berufsausbildung; Arbeitskraft; Arbeitsmarkt; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Arbeitsorientierung; Berufliche Flexibilität; Berufliche Identität; Berufliche Mobilität; Berufliche Qualifikation; Berufliche Stellung; Beruflicher Aufstieg; Berufslaufbahn; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Professionalisierung; Qualifikationsprofil; Informationstechnischer Beruf; Krankenschwester; Pflegerischer Beruf; Berufsrolle; Internationaler Vergleich; Institution; Deutschland; Großbritannien
Abstract	"With labour markets across the world and even in social democratic Europe in a state of unprecedented flux, 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 analyse how labour-market trends, organizational 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 workers from 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." Forschungsmethode: empirisch-qualitativ; empirisch; Befragung; Querschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2001 bis 2005. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2011/3