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EMPLOYABILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF LABOUR MARKET INSECURITY

Year 2015, , 247 - 254, 31.08.2015
https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.58215

Abstract

Radical changes have been experiences in economic, social and political fields in the last 40 years. Employment is the leading issue in which such change has taken place.

Today, gradually-increasing unemployment, insufficiency of proper jobs, the flexibility in the labour market and the rising competition among the labour itself cause precarity and inequality to increase and the precarious employment conditions to happen in terms of labour. On the other hand, globalization, conversion of labour markets and the novelties in information and communication technologies causes the knowledge, quality and skills, which the individuals have, to become invalid in a short time. This case requires labour to adjust to changing conditions in the continually changing and further-demanding labour market, in which unemployment is gradually increasing and stability in employment is lost and reliance is getting less.

In this sense, lifelong learning is of importance in terms of the fact that individuals achieve employability qualities and develop them continually so that they can compete in the labour market. Actually, these days, the real responsibility is left to the labourer for sustainable and employment- creating development, and the labourer is expected to get trained continually, and if he/she loses his/her job by force of the competition rules of the market, labours is again expected to find a new employment opportunity.

The objective of the study in this context is to question the role of employability in terms of labour market insecurity. The role of employability in labour market insecurity will be determined comparatively in the time and space dimension.

Keywords: Labour Market, Insecurity, Flexibility, Precarious Employment, Employability.

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Year 2015, , 247 - 254, 31.08.2015
https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.58215

Abstract

References

  • Amin, A. (1996). Post-Fordism. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
  • Erdut, Z. (2007). “Enformel İstihdamın Ekonomik, Sosyal ve Siyasal Etkileri”. Çalışma ve Toplum Dergisi, 1.
  • Erdut, T. (2004). “İş ve Gelir Güvencesi. Yaşam Boyu Sosyal Koruma”. I. Ulusal Sosyal Politika Kongresi. Türkiye Devrimci İşçi Sendikaları Konfederasyonu (DİSK).
  • Eyck, K. V. (2003). “Flexibilizing Employment: An Overview”. International Labour Office.
  • Erdut, T. (2002). “İstihdam ve İstihdam Edilebilirlik”. Mercek Dergisi.
  • Gereffi, G. (2005). “The New Offshoring of Jobs and Global Developmen”. International Labour Office.
  • Golsch, K. (2004). “Labour Market Insecurity and its Impact on Labour Market Entry and Early Career: a Comparison of Germany, Britain and Spain”. 2nd Annual Research Conference of the European Panel Users' Network.
  • Green, A., Hoyos, M., Barnes, S., Owen, D., Baldauf, B., Behle, H. (2013). “The Concept of Employability with a Spesific Focus on Young People, Older Workers and Migrants”. European Union.
  • Gündoğan, N. (2007). “Yoksulluğun Değişen Yüzü: Çalışan Yoksullar”. Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları.
  • Hayter, S. (2005). “The Social Dimension of Global Production Systems: A Review of the Issues”. International Labour Office.
  • International Labour Office (2012). “From Precarious Work to Decent Work, Bureau for Workers' Activities Outcome Document to the Workers’ Symposium on Policies and Regulations to combat Precarious Employment, International Labour Organization”.
  • Kapar, R. (2005). Sosyal Korumanın İşgücü Piyasasına Etkisi. Birleşik Metal-İş Yayınları.
  • Lamotte, B., Zumbiri-Rey, J. B. (2008). “New Forms of Labour Market Segmentation, Insecurity and Professional Relations”. 29th Annual Conference, International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation.
  • McQuaid, R. W., Lindsay, C. (2005). The Concept of Employability. Urban Studies, vol. 42.
  • Milberg, W. (2004). “The Changing Structure of Trade linked to Global Production Systems: What are the Policy Implications?” International Labour Review. vol. 143.
  • Peene, N. (2009). “Insecure Times: Job Insecurity and its Consequences on Organizational Commitment”. Tilburg University Human Resource Studies.
  • Standing, G. (2007). “Economic Insecurity and Global Casualisation: Threat or Promise?” Social Indicators Research: an International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement. 88 (1).
  • OECD,http://data.oecd.org/unemp/long-term-unemployment-rate.htm
  • OECD, http://stats.oecd.org/#
  • OECD, https://data.oecd.org/emp/self-employment-rate.htm
  • Öngen, T. (1994). “Tekelci Kapitalizm ve Sınıf Yapısı”. Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi. 49.
  • Sapancalı, F. (2005). Sosyal Dışlanma. İzmir: Dokuz Eylül Yayınları.
  • Statistics New Zealand. (2014), Flexibility and Security in Employment: Findings from the 2012 Survey of Working Life, http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/income-and-work/employment_and_unemployment/flexibility-security-employment.aspx
  • Şaylan, G. (2002). Postmodernizm. İstanbul: İmge Kitabevi.
  • Temiz, H. E. (2004). “Eğreti İstihdam: İşgücü Piyasasında Güvencesizliğin ve İstikrarsızlığın Yeni Yapılanması”. Çalışma ve Toplum Dergisi.
  • Tschöll, C. (2014). “Precarity: Causes, Effects and Consequences of Insecure Working and Living Conditions in a Multicultural, Rural Area of Northern Italy (South Tyrol)”. Journal of Education Culture and Society.
  • United Nations. (2003). “Report on the World Social Situation, Social Vulnerability: Sources and Challenges”. United Nations.
  • Worldbank, http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS.
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Primary Language English
Journal Section Articles
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Yasemin Arı Kovancı

Publication Date August 31, 2015
Submission Date August 30, 2015
Published in Issue Year 2015

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EndNote Arı Kovancı Y (August 1, 2015) EMPLOYABILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF LABOUR MARKET INSECURITY. IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences 1 2 247–254.

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