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Whose skill is it anyway

Soft’ Skills and Polarization

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ID2373348
AutoresIrena Grugulis (0000-0001-7101-4299, University of Bradford), Steven Vincent (University of Leeds)
Ano2009
Volume23
Fascículo4
Páginas597-615
Data de publicação2009-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017009344862
OpenAlexW2051027958
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas46
Referências citadas47

The skills that employers require are changing, with soft skills replacing technical ones. This article draws on two detailed case studies of outsourced public sector work, where these changes were particularly marked. Here, the new skills polarized the workforces. Highly skilled IT professionals were advantaged as soft skills gave them an additional dimension to their work, while benefit caseworkers with intermediate skills were disadvantaged since soft skills were presented as an alternative to technical competences. Women caseworkers suffered a double penalty, as not only were their technical skills devalued but many were confined to traditionally 'feminine' and unskilled work at the reception desk. Soft skills certainly aided the acknowledgement of women's skills but they did nothing to increase their value

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