Download or read book Flexibility security Policies and the Labour Market Trajectories of IT Workers written by Martin Cooke and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flexibility Security Policies and the Labour Market Trajectories of IT Workers Martin Cooke Kerry Platman CPRN Research Report February 2009 written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secondly, our aim was to build a picture of individual life courses in the context of the firm, the IT industry and the national labour markets in Canada and the United Kingdom. [...] Many of these workers had been in the IT industry through its growth in the 1990s, the downturn of the 2000s and the subsequent semi-recovery. [...] 4.2 Timing Matters There were a number of ways in which the timing of transitions mattered for their perceived success, with timing being defined in terms of the stage in the individual's own work career, the life course of the firm or the industry and other life-course transitions including marriage and childbearing, as well as age. [...] The expansion and contraction of these firms seemed to be particularly rapid in the IT industry, perhaps because of the rapid pace of technology change and the culture of the "start up" company, but this might be the case for small and medium- sized firms in general. [...] The sector skills council for IT and telecoms in the United Kingdom, e-skills and its Canadian counterpart, the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC), have developed a range of resources and tools that are designed to address issues of job- preparedness and training given the speed of change in the sector.
Download or read book New Employment Models Mixing Flexibility with Security Needed to Tackle Labour Force Ills in IT Sector and Beyond Wathira Kamoji Reflects on Barack Obama s Victory and Inauguration written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their report, Flexibility/Security Policies and the Labour Market Trajectories of IT Workers, Martin Cooke, University of Waterloo, and Kerry Platman, University of Warwick, Centre for Employment Research, use case study data collected in Canada and the United Kingdom of employees of small- and mid-sized information technology firms to assess their capacity to respond to rapid technological cha. [...] For her, Obama's victory is e-network e-net work e-network e-network e-net work e-network e-network e-net work e-network e-network e-net work e-network e-network e-net work e-network e-network e-net work e-network file:///U|/e-network%20html/e-network%20February%205%202009.htm (1 of 3)2/5/2009 4:42:41 AM http://www.cprn.org/doc.cfm?doc=1984&l=en http://www.cprn.org/page.cfm?page=143 http://www.cpr. [...] Dans leur rapport, Flexibility/Security Policies and the Labour Market Trajectories of IT Workers, Martin Cooke, de l'Université de Waterloo, et Kerry Platman, du Centre for Employment Research de l'Université de Warwick, font appel à des données d'études de cas qui furent recueillies au Canada et au Royaume-Uni auprès d'employés d'entreprises des technologies de l'information de petite et moyenne. [...] Les auteurs ont examiné les carrières de spécialistes des TI âgés de 40 ans et plus afin de déterminer les facteurs et les ressources qui ont contribué à leurs transitions efficaces sur le marché du travail, qu'il s'agisse de trouver ou de conserver un emploi, de mettre sur pied une nouvelle initiative ou d'acquérir les compétences nécessaires pour demeurer sur le marché du travail. [...] Celles-ci comprennent les suivantes : aider les travailleurs à exercer un contrôle sur le moment opportun d'effectuer une transition sur le marché du travail; permettre aux organisations professionnelles, aux organismes e-network e-net work e-network e-network e-net work e-network e-network e-net work e-network e-network e-net work e-network e-network e-net work e-network e-network e-net work e-ne.
Download or read book Flexibility Security Policies and the Labour Market Trajectories of IT Workers written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L'attrait qu'exerce la « flexicurité » au sein des milieux de l'orientation des politiques publiques en Europe et, dans une moindre mesure, au Canada découle du fait que cette notion reconnaît le rôle important que les dispositions relatives au bien- être peuvent jouer en vue de soutenir les mesures de transition en matière d'emploi qui favorisent des pratiques concurrentielles sur le marché du tr. [...] La stratégie a gagné du terrain dans le contexte du vieillissement de la population, du progrès technologique et de l'instabilité industrielle à cause du besoin croissant de multiples transitions en matière d'emploi, de l'apprentissage continu et du prolongement des vies actives. [...] Notre analyse a permis de découvrir un éventail d'expériences et de transitions sur le marché du travail de la part de personnes qui ont fait état d'une vaste diversité d'accès aux carrières et de cheminements professionnels. [...] RÉSEAUX CANADIENS DE RECHERCHE EN POLITIQUES PUBLIQUES 2 Notre analyse du tracé de vie des trajectoires de carrière a permis d'identifier six facteurs qui furent d'une importance primordiale pour assurer des transitions efficaces sur le marché du travail : • Compétences et expérience, notamment l'aptitude à conserver les compétences liées aux TI par l'intermédiaire de la formation en cours d'emplo. [...] En particulier, il faudrait : • Reconnaître l'interdépendance entre le travail, la famille et l'obligation de prodiguer des soins, ainsi que le fait que les stratégies en matière d'emploi sont souvent établies dans le contexte de l'ensemble des ressources familiales; • Permettre aux travailleurs d'exercer un contrôle sur le moment opportun d'effectuer une transition sur le marché du travail, de so.
Download or read book Flexibility and Security Over the Life Course written by Ruud J. A. Muffels and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Dynamics of the Life Course written by Walter R. Heinz and published by Aldine De Gruyter. This book was released on 2003 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last two decades, research on the life course has successfully combined and integrated different and rather isolated fields of social concerns such as: the labor market, family solidarity, education, employment, retirement, and social policy. It has also developed a special focus on crucial problems of sociological research, which includes the understanding of micromacro phenomena, the dynamics of social change, and international comparisons. Contributors to this volume take an international, comparative approach in applying the life course theoretical framework to issues of work and career. Life course research focuses on the relationship between institutions and individuals across the life span and illuminates the impact of moderniation on the shaping of biographies. Industrial service societies are characteried by historically new contingencies of living arrangements and biographies. These contingencies differ according to the extent to which life course patterns are regulated by social institutions. In the continental European context, institutional frameworks continue to define the timing and sequencing of transitions across the life course. In less regulated market societies, like the United States and Great Britain, biographies and living arrangements are shaped more by the interaction of markets, social networks, and individual decisions. In active welfare states, institutional resources and rules continue to mediate the effects of social change on the life course. What the editors and contributors to this fine compendium anticipate is a change on the cultural level toward more equality. This trend supports young people, and women in particular, in their expectations concerning an egalitarian relationship. This expectation is not taken for granted from the point of view of the male partner, but has to be negotiated in decisionmaking processes as an issue that concerns the couple as a unit. Thus, the way in which people interact is profoundly impacted by the values and goals of equity demands. Walter R. Hein is professor of sociology and social psychology, and director, Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Bremen. Victor W. Marshall is professor of sociology, and director of the Institute on Aging, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina.
Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Social Gerontology written by Dale Dannefer and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reflects the emergence of ageing as a global concern, including chapters by international scholars from Asia, Australasia, Europe and North America. It provides a comprehensive overview of key trends and issues in the field, drawing upon the full range of social science disciplines. The Handbook is organized into five parts, each exploring different aspects of research into social aspects of ageing: * Disciplinary overviews: summaries of findings from key disciplinary areas within social gerontology * Social relationships and social differences: topics include: social inequality, gender and ageing, the role of religion, inter-generational ties, social networks, and friendships in later life. * Individual characteristics and change in later life: chapters in this section examine different aspects of individual aging, including self and identity, cognitive processes, and biosocial interactions and their impact on physical and psychological aging. * Comparative perspectives and cultural innovations: topics in this section include: ageing and development, ageing in a global context, migration, and cross-cultural perspectives on grandparenthood. * Policy issues: The final section examines some of the main policy concerns affecting older people across the world. Topics include: developments in social policy, long-term care, technology and older people, end of life issues, work and retirement, crime and older people, and the politics of old age. This will be essential reading for all students, researchers and policy-makers concerned with the major issues influencing the lives of older people across the globe.
Download or read book Report on Social Security for Canada written by Leonard Marsh and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report on Social Security for Canada, written in wartime, presented to Canadians a picture of a better life in the postwar world. It outlined what governments could do to ensure that all citizens could afford the food, clothing, and shelter necessary to participate fully in their community. Authored by Leonard Marsh for the wartime Federal Advisory Committee on Reconstruction, the report was the subject of enormous attention when it was presented to the House of Commons in March 1943. Drawing on the work of his mentor, William Beveridge, and of John Maynard Keynes, Marsh primarily recommended an employment program meant to ensure lower unemployment and higher incomes. His report also discussed family allowances to make certain that no child would go without, health care insurance, temporary assistance in case of illness, a pension plan, and various other social benefits related to maternity, disability, loss of employment, and death. Today Report on Social Security for Canada is seen as a foundational text for the Canadian social security system. In this edition Allan Moscovitch provides the historical context, an outline of Marsh’s accomplishments, and suggestions for how to enhance the welfare state and respond to the social needs of Canadians in the twenty-first century.
Download or read book Time and Poverty in Western Welfare States written by Lutz Leisering and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time and Poverty in Western Welfare States is the English-language adaptation of one of the most important contributions to welfare economics published in recent years. Professors Leibfried and Leisering offer a time-based (dynamic) analysis of the study of poverty, and suggest the need for a radical re-think of conventional theoretical and policy approaches. The core of this study is the empirical analysis of the life course of recipients of 'Social Assistance' in Germany, although the conclusions are put into a wider context of socio-economic and socio-political analysis and comparative observations are made with other countries, notably the USA. Time, Life and Poverty will be of interest to upper-level students, researchers and policy-makers in a wide range of social science disciplines, including: economics, social policy, sociology, psychology and European studies.
Download or read book Understanding Social Inequality written by Oxford and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its third edition, Understanding Social Inequality examines the full scope of inequality in Canada today. The text's two-part structure introduces theories of class, gender, age, ethnicity, and race before examining case studies and examples demonstrating the consequences of inequality.This allows students to form their own conclusions about why social inequality remains prevalent and the potential actions that can be taken to eradicate it.
Download or read book Handbook of Family Policy written by Guðný Björk Eydal and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Family Policy examines how state and workplace policies support parents and their children in developing, earning and caring. With original contributions from 44 leading scholars, this Handbook provides readers with up-to-date knowledge on family policies and family policy research, taking stock of current literature as well as providing analyses of present-day policies, and where they should head in the future.
