Skills in the Age of Over-Qualification
Comparing Service Sector Work in Europe
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 13 October 2016
- ISBN 9780199672356
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages276 pages
- Size 239x162x21 mm
- Weight 554 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
We live in an age when the workforce is more educated and qualified than ever before. There is mounting evidence that many workers are over-qualified and their skills and capabilities are not being used effectively at work. This book poses an important question: what can be done to raise the skill content of jobs in an 'Age of Over-qualification'?
MoreLong description:
Across the developed world, most of us who work now earn our living in the service sector. However, the issue of what kind of service economy is sustainable and desirable, both in economic and social terms, is rarely debated.
This book argues that this needs to change. National governments have emphasised the role of skills in achieving international competitiveness, higher living standards, and social inclusion. However, even prior to the 2008 financial crisis, problems of over-qualification, skills wastage, and poor job quality were becoming difficult to ignore. This raises important questions about what kind of service sector jobs will be on offer to meet the aspirations of an increasingly qualified workforce and what role can governments play in raising the skills required in jobs and the quality of jobs and services? Work organisation and job design are key factors shaping the skill content of work and the opportunities workers have to deploy their skills and capabilities.
Through cross-national comparative research, this book examines whether and why service sector jobs vary across countries. Drawing upon detailed empirical research, the jobs of vocational teacher, fitness instructor, and café worker in the UK, Norway, and France are compared, allowing an exploration of the role of national institutions, sectors, and organisations in shaping work organisation and job quality. The findings contribute to the comparative study of work organisation, the relationship between skills and performance, the role and purpose of education and the prospects for better jobs in 'the age of over-qualification'.
This is a book for policy makers, academics and students alike. The immense scope and depth of the research contained in this book provides valuable contributions and opens up important new policy avenues and research agendas capable of pushing theoretical developments forward.
Table of Contents:
Skills, Jobs and Services: A Challenge for Europe in the Age of Over-qualification
Work and Skills in Contemporary Capitalism
National Institutions, Sectors and Work Organisation: A Theoretical Framework
Industrial Relations, Skill Formation Systems and Workplace Development: Continuity and Change in the UK, Norway and France
Professional Work, Autonomy and Performance: Vocational Teachers
Regulating the Middle: Fitness Instructors
Raising the Bottom: Café Workers
Towards Better Jobs: Possibilities and Prospects in the Age of Over-qualification
