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ERIC Number: EJ420832
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0730-8884
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Competence, Control, and Work Redesign. "Die Angestellten" in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Littek, Wolfgang; Heisig, Ulrich
Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, v18 n1 p4-28 Feb 1991
Deskilling of commercial and technical occupations in West Germany during the 1960s and 1970s was apparently a short-lived phenomenon. Since the 1970s, employers have adopted a skill-based modernization policy. Skilled administrative workers have used their qualifications as a means of influencing the process of work redesign. (SK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Development, Modernization, Office Occupations, Skilled Workers, Vocational Education, White Collar Occupations
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: West Germany
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