Young Workers without Formal Qualifications: Experience of Work and Connections to Career Adaptability and Decent Work

Autor/in	Vilhjálmsdóttir, Guðbjörg
Titel	Young Workers without Formal Qualifications: Experience of Work and Connections to Career Adaptability and Decent Work
Quelle	In: British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 49 (2021) 2, S.242-254 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Vilhjálmsdóttir, Guðbjörg)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0306-9885
DOI	10.1080/03069885.2021.1885011
Schlagwörter	Young Adults; Employment Qualifications; Work Attitudes; Unskilled Workers; Vocational Adjustment; Measures (Individuals); Industrial Psychology; Self Determination; Educational Attainment; Education Work Relationship; Foreign Countries; Job Satisfaction; Occupational Aspiration; Unemployment; Iceland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Unskilled worker; Hilfsarbeiter; Personalanpassung; Messdaten; Betriebspsychologie; Industriepsychologie; Selbstbestimmung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Ausland; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Arbeitslosigkeit; Island
Abstract	The purpose of this research on working young adults who are without formal education is to explore how they experience work, their career adaptability and if they view their work as decent. Participants were 154 young working adults, aged 18-29, and unqualified. It was found that participants worked mainly in low-skilled jobs, but many aspired to become professionals or technicians. Participants were significantly lower on concern and control sub-scales of the Career Adapt-Ability Scale (CAAS), compared to peers. Results support a proposition in Psychology of Working Theory that individuals with lower levels of career adaptability are less likely to engage in decent work. Results indicate that self-determination is not met at work, whereas work fulfills financial and social needs. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01