Andrew, Alison
(2009).
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746409004898 |
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Abstract
This article is based on a case study of women apprentices and workers in a 'non-traditional' occupation for women, engineering construction. The article argues that the concept of 'employability' is not gender neutral, and that gendered assumptions about who is and is not 'employable' for particular work can disadvantage women seeking training and work in non-traditional industries or dissuade them from applying to do so. Approaches to employability which emphasise individual attributes underplay the significance of gender inequalities and wider discourses of gender.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2009 Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: | 1474-7464 |
| Keywords: | employability; gender; non-traditional occupations |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > History, Religious Studies, Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) |
| Item ID: | 25688 |
| Depositing User: | Alison Andrew |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Dec 2010 14:41 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2016 17:13 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/25688 |
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