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Direct linkZajda, Joseph – Educational Practice and Theory, 2012
This article examines the nexus between credentialism and employment in the global economy. It first reviews the notion of credentialism, and the impact of globalisation on the employment sector. Then it discusses the human capital theory and the significance of education and training, as the key to participation in the new global economy. Finally…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Human Capital, Foreign Countries, Employment
Di Stasio, Valentina – Sociology of Education, 2017
Using vignettes, this study compares employers' assessments of matched and mismatched job applicants in England and the Netherlands. It contributes to the overeducation literature in several ways. First, matching is measured from the perspective of employers, who are better informed about job requirements than employees. Second, overeducated…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Employment Qualifications, Education Work Relationship
Download full textMILLER, S.M. – 1967
EXISTING SOCIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURES SHOULD BE REMADE SO THAT CREDENTIALISM DOES NOT ARBITARILY BAR NEGROES AND THE POOR FROM ECONOMIC WELL-BEING AND SOCIAL MOBILITY. GRADUATION FROM A SCHOOL SIMPLY IMPLIES THAT ONE HAS FIT INTO THE PROPER EDUCATIONAL STRAITS AND DOES NOT NECESSARILY SIGNAL QUALITY PERFORMANCE. CREDENTIALISM AND ITS…
Descriptors: Blacks, Business Responsibility, Credentials, Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedFevre, Ralph; Rees, Gareth; Gorard, Stephen – Journal of Education and Work, 1999
Based on research in South Wales, a sociological theory of participation in education and training is developed, identifying types of orientations: functional avoidance, instrumental credentialism, and vocational transformation. The inclusion of sociological insights in human-capital development policy is recommended. (SK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Job Training, Motivation
Protz, Maria – 1990
This study examined the current value of credentialism, extending the findings of an earlier report, "Business Training: Content, Enrollment and Delivery." The study acknowledged the distinction between various types of credentials, but focused primarily on professional business certification and investigated the potential for TVOntario…
Descriptors: Business Administration, College Programs, Continuing Education, Credentials
Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC. – 1974
The May, 1974, bulletin issued by the Civil Service Commission deals with job restructuring, the process of realigning job duties to develop technician-type or "bridge" jobs in Federal agencies, as a means to provide upward mobility for employees. Besides being highly beneficial to employees in dead end jobs at low grade levels, job restructuring…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Credentials, Employer Attitudes, Females
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1974
To assist mental health agency leaders and others concerned with state mental health manpower development, these guidelines (presented in ten sections) explore various issues and approaches and indications for using one approach over another. The first three sections focus on designing and conducting manpower studies, making long range projections…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Ladders, Certification, Cost Effectiveness
