The sociology of job training

How workers learn how to do their jobs is central to an understanding of the changing nature of work in post-industrial society. The role of job or worker training has, however, been underdeveloped in sociological theories of work and the labor market. By most accounts, the ongoing penetration of in...

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Other Authors Bills, David B., 1953-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; London : JAI, 2003.
SeriesResearch in the sociology of work ; v. 12.
Subjects
Occupational training > Social aspects.
Industrial sociology.
Employer-supported education > Social aspects.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781849501569
1849501564
0762308869
9780762308866
ISSN0277-2833 ;
DOI10.1016/S0277-2833(2003)12
Physical Description1 online resource (320 p.)

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Table of Contents:
  • Fattenin' frogs for snakes? Company investments in job skills training / David Knoke and Song Yang
  • Hiring and training in Korean establishments / Wonsup Chang
  • Regulating affective labor / Ariel M. Ducey, Heather Gautney and Dominic Wetzel
  • What skills to train? an institutional analysis of training consulting organizations / Xiaowei Luo
  • Job training as business and community development: reframing theory and practice / Mary Ellen Boyle and Janet Boguslaw
  • The connection between training policies and investment in general skills / Laura Cruz-Castro and Gavan Conlon
  • Vocational trainikng and the transition to the first job in Germany--new risks at labour market entry? / Dirk Komietzka
  • Voluntary put themselves in Harm's way / Kris Paap
  • Job training for women leaving welfare: assessing interest in non-traditional employment / Cynthia Negrey .. et al.
  • Contextual analyses of company job training / Song Yang
  • The effects of age group, technology and social policy on adult women's training participation / Patricia A. Simpson and Linda K. Stroh.

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