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Donnette Narine; Takashi Yamashita; Runcie C. W. Chidebe; Phyllis A. Cummins; Jenna W. Kramer; Rita Karam – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
Job automation is a topical issue in a technology-driven labor market. However, greater amounts of human capital (e.g., often measured by education, and information-processing skills, including adult literacy) are linked with job security. A knowledgeable and skilled labor force better resists unemployment and/or rebounds from job disruption…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Automation, Job Security, Labor Force Development
Donnette Narine; Takashi Yamashita; Runcie C. W. Chidebe; Phyllis A. Cummins; Jenna W. Kramer; Rita Karam – Grantee Submission, 2023
Job automation is a topical issue in a technology-driven labor market. However, greater amounts of human capital (e.g., often measured by education, and information-processing skills, including adult literacy) are linked with job security. A knowledgeable and skilled labor force better resists unemployment and/or rebounds from job disruption…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Automation, Job Security, Labor Force Development
Chuang, Szufang – European Journal of Training and Development, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature on issues regarding the influence of skill-polarized workplace on jobs, human capital and organization from human resource development's (HRD's) perspective, this research identified 30 displaceable skills from endangered jobs and examined 423 adult employees' awareness and…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Robotics, Adults, Employees
Ure, Odd Bjørn; Skauge, Tom – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2019
Context: The article contributes to a discussion of how patterns of employment and qualifications are modified by the ongoing industrial transformation, called Industry 4.0. Although this transformation is said to be a global phenomenon, scholars increasingly discuss the national differences in the wake of Industry 4.0. Our article aims to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Job Skills, Employment
Thayer, Yvonne; Carliner, Saul; Driscoll, Margaret – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2021
In 2017, the authors began research for a book that would suggest training needs for the U.S. and Canadian workforce in the coming decades. Early in the research process they realized there was much more to understand in an evolving workplace than the call for reskilling workers. Workers would face many decisions influencing their careers while…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Search Methods, Job Skills, Automation
European Training Foundation, 2021
This study focuses on the agri-food sector in Morocco and 'drivers' of change for skills. It alerts education and training institutions to prepare workers for the jobs of the future. The Moroccan society and economy depend heavily on agriculture production, employing around one third of the population and accounting for around 12% of GDP over the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agriculture, Vocational Education, Agricultural Production
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Ridley, Neil; Cheah, Ban; Strohl, Jeff; Campbell, Kathryn Peltier – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2019
The manufacturing workforce has been shaped by decades of industry transformation. Modern manufacturing requires workers with a diverse set of skills to perform functions such as research and development (R&D), product and production design, marketing and sales, and customer support. While workers with a high school diploma or less dominated…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Labor Force, Economic Opportunities, Trend Analysis
Escobari, Marcela; Seyal, Ian; Morales-Arilla, José; Shearer, Chad – Brookings Institution, 2019
The United States has posted more than 100 consecutive months of net job gains since the economic recovery began in 2010, making this the longest expansion in seven decades. Yet, for many, wage growth has lagged, leaving many families economically insecure. Meanwhile, job and economic growth continue to accrue in select corners of the nation,…
Descriptors: Regional Planning, Competition, Economic Progress, Labor Force Development
Swyt, Dennis A. – 1986
This paper describes the new technologies most likely to affect the number and types of jobs in the U.S. economy over the next two decades. These work-affecting technologies are presented in the context of the continuing evolution of the U.S. work force into a distinctly new, third era. Chapter I discusses the transformation of the United States…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Automation, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
Lee, Arthur M.; Tower, C. O. – 1974
The information needed by Congress and the U. S. Office of Education about vocational education and manpower training is discussed in terms of course information, student and trainee information, and professional personnel information. The data base consists of 38 nonaggregate data elements, and these are listed and described. The availability of…
Descriptors: Automation, Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases
Rumberger, Russell – 1984
Job loss through technological advancement, particularly technologies based on microelectronics, is increasing for all economic sectors in a nation already hard challenged in world and domestic markets for goods and services. But assessing technology's employment impact remains difficult not only because of its direct and indirect effects and…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Data Processing, Dislocated Workers
Gattiker, Urs E. – 1989
A model of technological training has two dimensions: level of cultural stability and employee's level of cognitive ability. Each dimension has two variables. The variables of cultural stability are (1) technological adoption and organizational adaptation and (2) structure of work and work processes. For cognitive ability, the variables are…
Descriptors: Automation, Corporate Education, Cultural Influences, Employment Qualifications
Noyelle, Thierry – 1989
This paper summarizes a comparative study of the impact of market and technological changes on human resources in banks and insurance companies in five countries: France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, and the United States. The research was organized around case studies of changes in 12 firms--9 banks and 3 insurance carriers. The paper discusses the…
Descriptors: Automation, Banking, Clerical Occupations, Corporate Education
Araujo e Oliveira, Joao Batista – 1991
Case studies of five French firms illustrate the impact of new work technologies on training. Liquid Corporation has embarked on changes in production technology in response to market needs. Four aspects of the change process are as follows: creating the climate for change, selecting operators, defining new training requirements, and training for…
Descriptors: Automation, Case Studies, Developed Nations, Employment Practices
Pinto, Ana Maria Rezende; Araujo e Oliveira, Joao Batista – 1992
In Brazil, electronic technicians are increasingly being asked to perform a number of technical and nontechnical tasks, for which they need complex education and training or multiskilling. The typical tasks faced by electronic technicians require a relatively high level of abstraction and symbolic learning. Required skills cover a broad range of…
Descriptors: Automation, Competence, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
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