Overview
- The presented interdisciplinary combination of research perspectives outlines a new research field
- The content of this book is not linked to particular initiatives or events. It should remain relevant for a significant period of time
- Professional identity and commitment are high priority topics in the management sciences
- Employees’ participation and engagement are high priority topics in labour market politics and organisational development
- Skills development and vocational identity as presented in this volume address issues of labour market inclusion and social cohesion
- The key issues of identities at work have an international resonance and contributors and issues are drawn from USA, Japan and Australia as well as Europe
Part of the book series: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects (TVET, volume 5)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Vocational Identity in Theory and Empirical Research
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Work and Commitment
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Modern Work and the Creation of New Professional Identities
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About this book
This edited volume on Identities at Work brings together international theory and empirical research that deals with continuity and change of identity formation processes at work under conditions of modern working processes and labour market flexibility.
By bringing together perspectives from sociology, psychology, organisational management and vocational education and training the contributions in this volume connect the debates of skills formation, human resources development and careers with individual’s work commitment and professional orientations in various ways. With this focus the volume presents a new research perspective based on an interdisciplinary and international approach. We argue that in times of globalisation and rapidly changing work realities such an approach is needed to better understand and analyse what is required to equip and prepare the workforce to meet international labour market demands. In this sense the publication shall serve as a useful resource to researchers and policy makers working in the fields of skills formation, human resources development and organisational management.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Identities at Work
Editors: Alan Brown, Simone Kirpal, Felix Rauner
Series Title: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4989-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4988-0Published: 31 March 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7247-4Published: 20 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4989-7Published: 16 May 2007
Series ISSN: 1871-3041
Series E-ISSN: 2213-221X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 407
Topics: Professional & Vocational Education, Human Resource Management, Social Sciences, general, Industrial and Organizational Psychology