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Job Change and Workplace Learning in the Public Sector: The Significance of New Technology for Unskilled Work.
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Munro, 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
"My Ladies Aren't Interested in Learning": Managers, Supervisors and the Social Context of Learning.
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Munro, 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
The Future of Work in the Public Sector: Learning and Workplace Inequality. Working Paper.
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Rainbird, Helen; Munro, Anne; Holly, Lesley; Leisten, Ruchira – 1999
The patterns of manual and clerical workers' access to learning opportunities in the workplace in the United Kingdom were examined through case studies of three local authorities and three National Health Service trusts and a survey examining their employees' learning experiences. The workers occupying the lowest- grade jobs at the study…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Blue Collar Occupations