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Taber, Nancy – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2011
Using a life history approach, this article explores the ways in which women in the military who are also mothers learn to embody various masculinities and femininities as they negotiate workplace gender processes. Complex intersections of gendered communities of practice result in the participants' learning to variously understand, accept, shape…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Females, Mothers, Communities of Practice
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Li, Chung-Kai; Hung, Chia-Hung – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how information literacy can enhance job performance in the workplace setting. Design/methodology/approach: Building on extant research, an integrated framework in which information literacy is related to person-job fit which in turn influences job performance is proposed. A survey questionnaire…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Individual Characteristics, Vocational Adjustment
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Yakushko, Oksana; Backhaus, Autumn; Watson, Megan; Ngaruiya, Katherine; Gonzalez, Jaime – Journal of Career Development, 2008
The number of recent immigrants and refugees in the United States is growing dramatically. Among key reasons for migration is search for adequate employment and hope for opportunities to develop occupationally. However, recent immigrants and refugees face multiple obstacles in their career development in the United States. This article uses social…
Descriptors: Migration, Refugees, Immigrants, Expectation
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Hearns, Niamh; Devine, Frances; Baum, Tom – Education & Training, 2007
Purpose: This viewpoint paper aims to assess a curriculum response within a specific vocational sector, hospitality, driven by the recent surge in intra EU labour migration and the ensuing increase in workplace cultural diversity. Design/methodology/approach: The paper identifies an appropriate curriculum response by assessing the industry…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Work Environment, Hospitality Occupations, Migration