Skill and Occupational Change

By: Roger Penn (Editor), Michael Rose (Editor), Jill Rubery (Editor)

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Leading economists, sociologists, and psychologists present their highly original research into changes in jobs in Britain in the 1980s. Combining large-scale sample surveys, personal life-histories, and case studies of towns, employers, and worker groups, their findings give clear and sometimes surprising answers to questions debated by social and economic observers in all advanced countries. Does technology destroy skills or rebuild them? How does skill affect the attitudes of employees and their managers towards their jobs? Are women gaining greater skill equality with men, or are they still stuck on the lower rungs of the skill and occupational ladders? The book also takes up neglected issues (what do employees really mean by a skilled job? How does skill-change link with changes in social values?) and challenges and discredits the widely held view that new technology has de-skilled the workforce. Skill and Occupational Change exploits the richest single data-set available and the authors exemplify many new techniques for researching skills at work: as an economic resource, as a motor of occupational change, and as a basis for personal careers and identity. It provides the most comprehensive, authoritative, and carefully researched set of conclusions to date on skill trends and their implications and draws the authoritative new map of skill-change in British society. Contributors: Brendan Burchell, Peter Elias, Jane Elliott, Brian Francis, Duncan Gallie, Ann Gasteen, Sarah Horrell, Roger Penn, Michael Rose, Jill Rubery, Hilda Scattergood, John Sewell, Frank Wilkinson

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`Skill and Occupational Change contains a number of contributions to the debate on skills which will be of long-term value, both methodologically and substantively.' Work, Employment and Society `An extremely valuable and important piece of empirical research. In themselves, the papers that make up these volumes are excellent.' Sociology `A detailed analysis of the extent to which occupation have or have not become de-skilled while, at the same time, focusing upon subjective dimensions of skill.' Sociology `While students who have followed the literature will not be surprised by the general drift of the findings reported in this book, the book clearly advances the study of skill and occupational change in several ways.' Industrial and Labor Relations Review

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Non-Fiction Self-Help, Personal Development & Practical Advice Advice on Careers & Achieving Success Sociology & Anthropology Sociology Sociology & Work & Labour Economics Labour Economics

Foreword	p. v
Acknowledgements	p. vii
Contributors	p. xvii
Introduction: The Sceli Skill Findings	p. 1
Notes	p. 32
Patterns of Skill Change	p. 39
Patterns of Skill Change: Upskilling, Deskilling, or Polarization?	p. 41
Conclusion	p. 73
Notes	p. 76
Occupational Change in a Working-Life Perspective: Internal and External Views	p. 77
Summary	p. 100
Notes	p. 105
Technical Change and Skilled Manual Work in Contemporary Rochdale	p. 107
Technical Change and the Division of Labour in Rochdale and Aberdeen	p. 130
Subjective Dimensions of Skill	p. 157
Subjective Dimensions of Skill	p. 159
Notes	p. 182
Notes	p. 183
Appendix 6.2	p. 187
Appendix 6.3	p. 188
Gender and Skills	p. 189
Towards a Phenomenology of Skill Brian Francis and Roger Penn	p. 223
Conclusions	p. 240
Appendix 8.1 Responses to the Question 'What Do You Think is Meant by the Term "Skilled Job"?'	p. 241
Job Satisfaction, Job Skills, and Personal Skills	p. 244
Notes	p. 274
Appendix 9.1	p. 276
Skill and Samuel Smiles: Changing the British Work Ethic	p. 281
In Conclusion	p. 322
Notes	p. 324
Appendix 10.1 Measures of Work Values	p. 325
Methodological Appendix the Social Change and Economic Life Initiative	p. 336
Introduction	p. 336
Bibliography	p. 346
Index	p. 357
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