scholarly journals 'People take you more seriously': the perceived value of a PhD degree and the skills mismatch in the labour market

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Heuritsch ◽  
Cathelijn Waaijer ◽  
Inge van der Weijden
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Doctoral Education ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
Career Goals ◽  
Skills Mismatch ◽  
Scientific Skills ◽  
Dutch Universities

Increasing numbers of doctorate graduates work outside academia. This raises the question to what extent doctoral education offers the skills that are required for non-academic employability. In a survey of 2,193 recently graduated PhDs from Dutch universities, we studied what recent PhD graduates perceive as the main value of a PhD degree. In addition, they indicated to which extent they developed certain skills during the PhD and the extent to which they need them in their current job. The main values that doctorate holders attach to their doctoral education and degree are preparation for career goals, development of research skills, enjoyment, and social status. Most of the values mentioned are geared towards academic careers. Furthermore, we show that scientific skills are developed sufficiently during doctoral education, but management and social skills are not. This mismatch is larger for PhD holders working outside the academia than within academia.

scholarly journals Emotional Intelligence of Kindergarten Principals in Amman

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Abdul-Raouf Hamid Al-Yamani
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Emotional Management ◽  
Female Managers ◽  
The One

This study aimed to reveal the level of emotional intelligence and its dimensions: self-awareness, emotional management, empathy, and social skills, as well as revealing the significant differences in the degrees of emotional intelligence and its dimensions that are attributed to experience, educational level, and social status among kindergarten administrators in Amman. A scale of emotional intelligence was prepared to ensure validity and reliability to achieve the objectives of the study, and it was applied to a sample of (136) female managers. After using the arithmetic averages, the one-way analysis of variance, and the (T) test, the results are as follows: - The level of emotional intelligence of the female managers was high. - Significant differences were found in the overall degree of emotional intelligence and its dimensions attributable to more experienced managers' experience. - There were no significant differences in the overall degree of emotional intelligence and its dimensions due to the educational level. - There were no significant differences in the overall degree of emotional intelligence and its dimensions due to social status.

scholarly journals Social status and living with a chronic illness: An exploration of assessment and meaning attributed to work and employment

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivaylo Vassilev ◽  
Anne Rogers ◽  
Caroline Sanders ◽  
Sudeh Cheraghi-Sohi ◽  
Christian Blickem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
North West ◽  
Term Condition ◽  
Management Interventions

Background Traditional measures of social status are predicated on position in the labour market. There has been less attention directed to the meanings of social position for people with a long-term condition whose relationship to employment is precarious. Previous research has demonstrated that the MacArthur scale is capable of capturing contextualised aspects of social status, which makes it a useful tool for exploring changes in meaning. Aims The paper explores the meanings and experiences of social status of people living with a long-term condition with particular reference to employment status. Methods A sample of 300 participants was drawn from diabetes and chronic heart disease registers of General Practices in North West England. A cross-sectional survey with nested qualitative interviews was used in collecting and analysing the data. Findings Having financial independence and participating in valued activities are more important for people with chronic illness than power and status mediated through the labour market. Income and the lack and loss of employment were given a central role in respondents’ narratives reflecting the absence of acceptable alternative routes through which social status for those with a long-term condition can realistically be rebuilt outside of participation in the labour market. Conclusion Social participation, where people with chronic illness feel valued and of tangible utility to other people, might offer some opportunities for rebuilding social status outside the labour market. Chronic illness management interventions need to focus on improving people’s engagement with such activities.

TRANSFORMACIÓN Y DESIGUALDAD ECONÓMICA EN LA INDUSTRIALIZACIÓN EN EL ÁREA DE BARCELONA, 1715-1860

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Brea-Martínez ◽  
Joana-Maria Pujadas-Mora
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Tertiary Sector ◽  
Primary Sector ◽  
Secondary Sector ◽  
Market Transformation

AbstractLabour market transformation and inequality were fundamental aspects in the transition to the industrialisation. This article reconstructs the Barcelona’s area economic structure across the 18thand 19thcenturies through the Marriage Licences of the Barcelona’s Cathedral. These documents registered a proportional tax paid by the spouses’ according to their occupational and social status. Since 1780, an important decrease in the primary sector and an increase in the secondary and tertiary sectors are observed. Inequality between economic sectors rose and also within the secondary sector (textile) due to the proletarianization of the workers. Conversely, there was not an increase in inequality in the primary sector while it decreased in the tertiary sector.

scholarly journals The Moral Boundary Drawing of Class: Social Inequality and Young Precarious Workers in Poland and Germany

Sociology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 003803852098579
Author(s):  
Vera Trappmann ◽  
Alexandra Seehaus ◽  
Adam Mrozowicki ◽  
Agata Krasowska
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Class Structure ◽  
Market Conditions ◽  
Economic Wealth ◽  
Youth Transition ◽  
Country Specific

This article explores the relational and moral aspects of the perception of class structure and class identifications by young people in objectively vulnerable labour market conditions in Poland and Germany. Drawing on 123 biographical interviews with young people in both countries, it demonstrates that young precarious Poles and Germans tend to identify themselves against the ‘middle class’ – understood variously in the two countries – and attribute the sources of economic wealth and social status in their societies to individual merits and entrepreneurship. Positioning oneself in the broad middle and limited identification with the precariat is explained by the youth transition phase, country-specific devaluation of class discourses and the effects of individualisation.

The Challenges of Work-Based Learning via Systemic Modelling in the European Union

2020 ◽  
pp. 188-228
Author(s):  
Evangelos C. Papakitsos ◽  
Evangelos Theologis ◽  
Panagiotis S. Makrygiannis
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Economic Environment ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Skills Mismatch ◽  
Systems Inquiry

While the skills mismatch is well documented in EU labour market, it renders work-based learning a plausible part of the answer to this problem. Yet, a number of issues demand handling before work-based learning is effectively utilized. Systems inquiry, through systemic modelling, constitutes a proper framework to facilitate a holistic study of such complex social phenomena. From a systemic perception, the complexity of social systems has prevented a holistic study. The descriptive power of systemic modelling allows for such a study that relates labour-market to dual education via apprenticeship. Thus, the respective systems are studied as a whole; the challenges arising are specified and the limitations of the solution are clarified. The application of apprenticeship in heavily industrialized countries can yield results, but it may fail in countries like Greece with a very different socio-economic environment. Still, some recommendations can be formed for a variant of apprenticeship more attuned to such cases.

Discriminatory labour market experiences of A8 national high skilled workers in the UK

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Sirkeci ◽  
Necla Acik ◽  
Bradley Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Skills Mismatch ◽  
Annual Population ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

Overqualification among migrants, defined as being employed in a job that is below their acquired skill levels through education, is well-known. Recent studies show that overqualification is more likely amongst migrants who work in the older EU15 member states. Similar studies carried out in the UK supports the argument that minorities suffer from ethnic and religious penalties in the labour market, especially among high skilled groups. Despite the relatively high employment rates of A8 migrants in the UK, they tend to be overwhelmingly employed in elementary occupations (i.e. requiring low skill levels) and likely to be underpaid. Very few studies have examined the propensity of overqualification of A8 nationals working in the UK. We have adopted the skills mismatch model to examine the skills level mismatch for the A8 migrants.  Therefore, a time-series analysis was carried out using  the Annual Population Survey for the period of 2005 to 2012 which marks the beginning and end of restrictions for access to the labour market for A8 nationals across the European Union. This has also given us a time span of 8 years during which the UK economy fall into recession from 2007 onwards.. The evidence shows that A8 nationals have been subject to ethnic penalties in the high end of the labour market irrespective of the impact of the financial crisis. It is very common that they take up posts for which they are overqualified, or in other words, overeducated. This is particularly important as discrimination at that level is likely to have negative impact on economic recovery by supressing the full skill and entrepreneurial potential of this particular group in the UK labour market.

Skills Acquisition and Labour Market Opportunities for Graduates of Higher Education in Cameroon

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 249-272
Author(s):  
Sophie Ekume Etomes
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Positive Sign ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Conceptual Skills

This study examines skills acquisition and labour market opportunities for graduates of public universities in Cameroon. Four research objectives and one hypothesis guided the study which examined the extent to which social, technical, conceptual and entrepreneurial skills acquired by graduates enhance their employability. The population of the study consisted of 79 graduates with bachelor’s degree, including 29 employers. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS 2.3) was used to analyse the quantitative data. The quantitative data were analysed using frequency count and percentages while the qualitative data were analysed using a thematic approach with the aid of key concepts/themes, groundings and sampled quotation. The Spearman’s rho test was adopted for the study in testing the hypothesis. Results reveal a significant relationship between skills acquisition and labour market opportunities for graduates (P<0.05). The positive sign of the coefficient value for each of the skills to labour market opportunities (social skills .132*, technical skills .241*, conceptual skills .241*, entrepreneurial skills .393**) shows a positive correlation with labour market opportunities; that is, graduates stand a better chance to be employed when they possess the above-mentioned skills with entrepreneurial skills contributing more, followed by conceptual and technical skills with higher correlation values and lastly social skills. It was recommended that HE institutions should design competency-based curriculum for all programmes to enable graduates acquire the relevant skills. A closer engagement of universities and employers is recommended for better skills productivity.

GENDER AND SELF-PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL POWER

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 553-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca S. Powers ◽  
Christa Reiser
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Emotional Intimacy ◽  
Gender Stratification ◽  
Physical Strength ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Using Data

Using data from undergraduates we found that financial resources, intelligence and having responsibility were important sources of social power. Consistent with traditional gender norms, women were more likely than were men to perceive social power from emotional intimacy, social skills and parenting. Men were more likely than were women to perceive having a lot of social power due to physical strength and social status. Unexpected was that more men than women chose sexuality as a source of power. An awareness of gender stratification was found in the reports that “women in general” do not have a lot of social power and women were more likely than were men to say that “men in general” had a lot of social power.

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