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Peer reviewedMunro, Anne; Rainbird, Helen – New Technology, Work and Employment, 2002
Interviews (n=350) and a survey (n=323) of managers, trainers, and union representatives in British health care agencies showed that technology caused some job enlargement and enrichment; positive or negative effects depended on context. Other jobs were deskilled due to work organization, not technology. Technology's impact on job change was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Development, Job Skills, Public Sector
Peer reviewedRainbird, Helen – Journal of Education and Work, 2000
Changes in the nature of unskilled work are reinforcing barriers to workers' access to training and increasing requirements for training and development. Until individual and structural barriers to work-based learning are eliminated, policies stressing individual responsibility for learning will only reinforce inequalities. (Contains 40…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Policy, Lifelong Learning, On the Job Training
Rainbird, Helen – European Vocational Training Journal, 1994
Examines how union policies regarding training have developed to confront the problems of workers with low skill levels. Looks at the findings of a comparative study of policies in France, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, and Italy. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries
"My Ladies Aren't Interested in Learning": Managers, Supervisors and the Social Context of Learning.
Peer reviewedMunro, Anne; Holly, Lesley; Rainbird, Helen – International Review of Education, 2000
Examines the opportunities for and barriers to workplace learning among low-grade staff in the United Kingdom public sector and the role of managers and supervisors in providing access to learning opportunities. Describes innovative examples of workplace learning. Concludes that the reality for many low-grade manual and routine clerical staff…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Conference Papers, Education Work Relationship
