High skilled workplaces, technological change and employment
Can educational reform do it
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21577698 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Manuel Souto-Otero (0000-0002-8768-514X, Cardiff University, corresponding author), Phillip Brown (0000-0002-7608-5421, Cardiff University), Simon Freebody (Singapore University of Social Sciences) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 122 |
| Pages | 102265 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Educational Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0883-0355 • E-ISSN: 1873-538X |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ijer.2023.102265 |
| OpenAlex | W4387832164 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 50 |
Human capital, and related theories such as skills biased technological change, argue that skills development is a central strategy for individuals to succeed in an increasingly global and digitalised labour market. One of the main shortcomings of these theories, however, is their focus on the individual and their detachment from the organisational context in which workers operate and deploy their skills. In this article, we incorporate this context in the analysis, and explore the importance of the company characteristics in sheltering workers from unemployment when technological change occurs in their firm, using rich establishment-level data. Our results suggest that 'high-skilled' workplaces do not protect workers against automation. By contrast, the results point to the importance of companies' competitive strategies and management perceptions in sheltering workers from automation. The findings underline the relevance of social relations in the analysis of the future of work, and question accounts that focus exclusively on skills and educational reform to protect workers and create inclusive labour markets
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Human capital · Labour economics · Perception · Political science · Public relations · Retraining · Technological change · Unemployment · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |