Perceptions of employability among London’s low-paid: ‘Self-determination’ or ethnicity?

Artikel

We investigate how ethnicity, gender and other characteristics affect low-paid workers’ perceptions of their employability in London’s labour market, examining self-efficacy, ethnic and dual labour market theories. We find that perceptions vary considerably, both between genders and ethnicities and in the extent to which they are ‘justified’ by human capital attributes. Optimism varies between genders and ethnic groups but individuals’ perceptions vary to an even greater extent within genders and ethnic groups. Hence, individual-level ‘self-determination’ explanations of these perceptions appear to have greatest explanatory power in this specific context though ethnic theories also have utility.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Economic and Industrial Democracy ; ISSN: 1461-7099 ; Volume: 39 ; Year: 2015 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 109-130 ; Thousand Oaks: Sage

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination ; Value of Life; Forgone Income ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy ; Labor Discrimination ; Labor Standards: Labor Force Composition
• Subject: Diversity ; dual labour market ; employability ; human capital ; labour economy

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Croucher, Richard ; Ramakrishnan, Sumeetra ; Rizov, Marian ; Benzinger, Diana
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Sage ; ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
• (where): Thousand Oaks
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1177/0143831X15609672
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/182575
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET