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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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| Format: | e-Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; London :
JAI,
2003.
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| Series: | Research in the sociology of work ;
v. 12. |
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| Online Access: | Full-text access View in OPAC |
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.