Skill Reconsidered
The Deskilling and Reskilling of Managers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2362890 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol Axtell Ray (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-79 |
| Publication date | 1989-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work and Occupations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0730-8884 • E-ISSN: 1552-8464 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0730888489016001004 |
| OpenAlex | W2033859684 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 24 |
This article contends that supervisors and managers have been conceptually deskilled, and also extends traditional definitions of skill by adding and developing the concept of social skill. Definitions of social skill are formulated by the administrative and social sciences, often in response to the problems faced by organizational leaders, and usually based upon assumptions concerning the human nature of workers. Thus one facet of the work that managers do-the management process-is shaped by the reigning contemporary managerial ideologies embraced by organizational leaders
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Labor and Monopoly Capital
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The Politics of Work and Occupations
The Human Relations Ideology
The Development of Personnel Management in the United States
War and Peace
Between the Labor Process and the State
The Lean Years
The Anthropology of Industrial Work
Law, Society, and Industrial Justice
The Deskilling Controversy
The Means of Management Control
Bravermania and Beyond
Is 1980s Sociology in the Doldrums
Industrial Fatigue and Group Morale
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2014 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |