A new approach to the analysis of cultural reproduction focusing on the impact of economic change. The book demonstrates the reinforcement of cultural stereotypes in recruitment caused by interaction between corporate restructuring and the education system.; This book is intended for academics, postgraduates and advanced undergraduates in sociology with an interest in the sociology of work and the sociology of education as well as researchers and students within human resource management and cultural studies.
Author(s): Phillip; Brown
Edition: 1
Year: 1994
Language: English
Pages: 208
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Authors......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
CHAPTER ONE Organizational change and managerial careers......Page 10
Notes......Page 19
CHAPTER TWO Education, recruitment and changing patterns of cultural reproduction......Page 21
The social exclusion model......Page 22
Notes......Page 33
CHAPTER THREE Higher education and the regulation of talent......Page 35
Notes......Page 50
CHAPTER FOUR Social divisions of learning......Page 53
Notes......Page 75
CHAPTER FIVE Student orientations to work and careers......Page 78
Notes......Page 100
CHAPTER SIX The adaptive paradigm and employer recruitment strategies......Page 103
Suitability......Page 105
Capability......Page 110
Acceptability......Page 114
Notes......Page 126
CHAPTER SEVEN Graduates in employment: coming to terms with changing corporate realities......Page 128
CHAPTER EIGHT Mass higher education and the collapse of bureaucratic work?......Page 142
Notes......Page 151
References......Page 155
Index......Page 164
