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- Title
IS THERE A SHORTAGE OF SKILLED LABOUR?
- Authors
Oliver, J. M.; Turton, J. R.
- Abstract
This article investigates the shortage of skilled labor. Particularly, it focuses on the categorizations implicit in the term skilled occupation. There appears to be a widespread consensus that the term skill has a clear meaning and that skill shortages can be resolved by policies which will lead to more workers taking up training programs and to skilled workers staying in their occupations. On the view of analysts, the belief that the labor market is failing to resolve a shortage of skilled labor presupposes that the shortage is one of cognitive ability and manual dexterity. This article further discusses the correlation between labor market and skilled labor, determination of the social behavior of workers and the impact of quality of work on management control.
- Subjects
SKILLED labor; LABOR supply; LABOR market; QUALITY of work life; LABOR; PERSONNEL management
- Publication
British Journal of Industrial Relations, 1982, Vol 20, Issue 2, p195
- ISSN
0007-1080
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8543.1982.tb00097.x