Penn, Roger (1995) Flexibility, skill and technical change in UK retailing. Service Industries Journal, 15 (3). pp. 229-242. ISSN 1743-9507
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This article examines employment patterns in British retailing during the 1980s. It focuses on two debates central to contemporary economic sociology: the flexibility thesis and theories of skill and technical change. The data derive fiom the ESRC's Social Change and Economic Life Initiative and represent a sample of 72 retailing establishments fiom six localities in Britain. The article reveals that technological change had not produced much in the way of deskilling: rather, it had enskilled the work of already qualified and trained employees. Whilst part-time employment had increased in many stores, there was little evidence of any significant growth of other kinds of peripheral labour.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Service Industries Journal |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Departments: | Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > Sociology |
| ID Code: | 35101 |
| Deposited By: | Mr Richard Ingham |
| Deposited On: | 06 Jan 2011 14:38 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 17:45 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/35101 |
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