Perceptions of employability among London’s low-paid: ‘Self-determination’ or ethnicity?
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Croucher, Richard, Ramakrishnan, Sumeetra, Rizov, Marian and Benzinger, Diana. (2015). Perceptions of employability among London’s low-paid: ‘Self-determination’ or ethnicity? Economic and Industrial Democracy. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X15609672
Authors | Croucher, Richard, Ramakrishnan, Sumeetra, Rizov, Marian and Benzinger, Diana |
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Abstract | This article investigates how ethnicity, gender and other characteristics affect low-paid workers’ perceptions of their employability in London’s labour market, examining self-efficacy, ethnic and dual labour market theories. The authors find that perceptions vary considerably, both between genders and ethnicities and in the extent to which they are ‘justified’ by human capital attributes. Optimism varies between genders and ethnic groups but individuals’ perceptions vary to an even greater extent within genders and ethnic groups. Hence, individual-level ‘self-determination’ explanations of these perceptions appear to have greatest explanatory power in this specific context, although ethnic theories also have utility. |
Keywords | Diversity; dual labour market; employability; human capital; labour economy |
Year | 2015 |
Journal | Economic and Industrial Democracy |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X15609672 |
Page range | 1 - 22 |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8v783/perceptions-of-employability-among-london-s-low-paid-self-determination-or-ethnicity
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