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Michael Kelleher - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Convergence and fragmentation? vocational training within the European Union
European Journal of Education, 1996Co-Authors: Peter Scott, Michael KelleherAbstract:Recent years have witnessed renewed debate over the applicability of theories concerning what, if any, general developmental trends exist within and between national economies. This article analyses this resurgence, utilising the example of trends within European vocational education and training (VET) systems as a microcosm. There has been considerable discussion in the near past about whether and to what extent convergence is detectable within European VET. Much of this debate has been dominated by ducationalists and others, most of whom have tended-not unnaturally-to focus on issues connected with the supply of trained labour, to perceive a common need across Europe for an increased quantity of qualified labour, and to investigate the degree to which similarity can be detected in different systems' responses to this need. By contrast, writers Working within two other academic disciplines, geography and industrial sociology (and the latter discipline's acolytes within management studies) have tended to place greater emphasis on factors concerned with the demand throughout Europe for trained labour. These disciplines have been more concerned to stress the importance of patterns of industrial location, technology usage, and the Organisation of Work on the need for personnel of different levels of skill and qualification. Geographers have highlighted the role of spatial variations, while industrial sociologists have drawn attention to the importance of Organisational and cross-national variations affecting the Organisation of Work and, thus, demand for qualified labour of assorted types. Integration of the latter two 'demand side' perspectives was given a considerable boost by the publication of Piore and Sabel's (1984) influential The Second Industrial Divide, which attempted to combine such standpoints in an explanation of the sources feeding the strength of so called subnational 'industrial districts'. This article is written from the perspective of industrial sociology and aims to begin to integrate the varying perspectives of educationalists, geography and industrial sociology in a critical evaluation of pan-European trends in VET systems.
Peter Scott - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Convergence and fragmentation? vocational training within the European Union
European Journal of Education, 1996Co-Authors: Peter Scott, Michael KelleherAbstract:Recent years have witnessed renewed debate over the applicability of theories concerning what, if any, general developmental trends exist within and between national economies. This article analyses this resurgence, utilising the example of trends within European vocational education and training (VET) systems as a microcosm. There has been considerable discussion in the near past about whether and to what extent convergence is detectable within European VET. Much of this debate has been dominated by ducationalists and others, most of whom have tended-not unnaturally-to focus on issues connected with the supply of trained labour, to perceive a common need across Europe for an increased quantity of qualified labour, and to investigate the degree to which similarity can be detected in different systems' responses to this need. By contrast, writers Working within two other academic disciplines, geography and industrial sociology (and the latter discipline's acolytes within management studies) have tended to place greater emphasis on factors concerned with the demand throughout Europe for trained labour. These disciplines have been more concerned to stress the importance of patterns of industrial location, technology usage, and the Organisation of Work on the need for personnel of different levels of skill and qualification. Geographers have highlighted the role of spatial variations, while industrial sociologists have drawn attention to the importance of Organisational and cross-national variations affecting the Organisation of Work and, thus, demand for qualified labour of assorted types. Integration of the latter two 'demand side' perspectives was given a considerable boost by the publication of Piore and Sabel's (1984) influential The Second Industrial Divide, which attempted to combine such standpoints in an explanation of the sources feeding the strength of so called subnational 'industrial districts'. This article is written from the perspective of industrial sociology and aims to begin to integrate the varying perspectives of educationalists, geography and industrial sociology in a critical evaluation of pan-European trends in VET systems.
Nancy Leppink - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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1757d Future of Work and occupational health – a global view from the ilo
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2018Co-Authors: Nancy LeppinkAbstract:Introduction Summary and key ‘takeaways’ from ILO global conversations on the Future of Work and their implications for occupational safety and health Discussion Over that last two years the ILO has support global conversations on the Future of Work. These conversations have focused on four topics: Work and society, jobs of the future, Organisation of Work and production, and governance of Work. These conversations identified for key drivers of changes in the world of Work –technology, demography, climate change and globalisation. Each of these conversations and the drivers of change they identified have implications for occupational safety and health and the strategies that have been developed over the last decades to improve the safety and health of Work and Workplaces – from government regulation to Workplace management systems. For decades, we have been reacting to the growing body of evidence on Work-related hazards and their impact on Workers’ health and safety. Our energies have been focused on retrofitting Work and Workplaces to eliminate hazards after significant harm has already been done. And as the body of evidence on occupational safety and health hazards has grown and its scope expanded beyond physical, biological, and chemical hazards, to psychosocial hazards and hazard related to Work Organisation, we must now presume that all Work has an impact on Worker health and safety and when we create the future of Work we can no longer have ‘a wait and see’ attitude. We must anticipate the impact that future jobs will have on the safety and health of Workers and this responsibility does not rest only with governments, employers and Workers but with technology developers, equipment and chemical manufacturers, architects and the Workplace designers, and human resource professionals as well as OSH professionals. For the ILO this may mean rethinking how it develops OSH standards and supports their implementation by its Member States.
Wognin Barthelemy - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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892 study of stress in the Workplace case of a port authority in abidjan
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2018Co-Authors: Aka Irel Arnaud, Guiegui Chimene, Tchicaya Francois, Nguessan Linda, Kra Anny, Wognin BarthelemyAbstract:Introduction Work stress is defined as the adverse physical and psychological reaction that occurs when the demands of the job do not match the Worker’s needs, abilities or resources. It negatively impacts the health of Workers and the company. In order to determine the prevalence of stress in a port company in Abidjan we conducted this study. Method A cross-sectional descriptive and analytical survey was conducted from April 2015 to July 2016. In collaboration with the company’s managers, we sensitised staff on the concept of stress at Work. The data were collected using three self-questionnaires (the 26-item KARASEK job content questionnaire, 12 items GOLDBERG self-assessment questionnaire for psychopathology, and the French version of the SIEGRIST questionnaire at 46 items). Results The prevalence of stress was 54.6%. Stress came mainly from supervisors (65.7%) and was favoured by Work situations such as emergency tasks (21.4%), poor Organisation of Work (20.4%), and Heavy Workload (17.8%). More than two-thirds of stressed Workers (64%) had psychological distress. Age (p=0.139), gender (p=0.57), Workplace (p=0.65), professional seniority (p=0.65) and the hourly Organisation of Work p=0.39) had no statistically significant impact on the occurrence of stress. Conclusion Stress is a major psychological risk requiring preventive measures such as listening cells and improved Working conditions in human, technical and Organisational terms.
Barbara Schulte - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Social hierarchy and group solidarity: The meanings of Work and vocation/profession in the Chinese context and their implications for vocational education
Comparative Education, 2003Co-Authors: Barbara SchulteAbstract:The Chinese characters for culture, education, profession/vocation and Work provide important information on the socio-historical background of the concepts represented by them. Particularly the concepts of Work and education have profound implications for the idea of vocational education. Based on an etymological and semantic analysis of the characters, and through the introduction of a typical example of Chinese Work Organisation, the Work unit or danwei, this paper shows correspondences between the past and the present Organisation of Work. It also shows that semantic analyses, when ignoring the socio-cultural context, may lead to a distorted picture of the society concerned. This is demonstrated by the example of the concepts of “order” and “harmony”.
