Employability - Ideology, Policy, and Practice

Arguing that employability has an elusive character that renders it in dire need of sustained, critical analysis, Employability provides a much-needed framework for thinking about the enigma of employability and for critically reappraising its consequences.

About the author

Gretchen Purser is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, USA.
Rick Delbridge is Professor of Organizational Analysis at Cardiff Business School and Co-Convenor of the Centre for Innovation Policy Research, Cardiff University, UK.
Markus Helfen is Professor of Strategy and Leadership in Non-Profit-Organisations and Trade Unions at the University of Labour, Frankfurt (Main), Germany.
Andreas Pekarek is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management and Marketing at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Summary

Arguing that employability has an elusive character that renders it in dire need of sustained, critical analysis, Employability provides a much-needed framework for thinking about the enigma of employability and for critically reappraising its consequences.

Product details

• Assisted by: Rick Delbridge (Editor), Rick (Cardiff University Delbridge (Editor), Markus Helfen (Editor), Markus (University of Labour Helfen (Editor), Andreas Pekarek (Editor), Andreas (University of Melbourne Pekarek (Editor), Gretchen Purser (Editor), Gretchen (Syracuse University Purser (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.09.2025
• EAN: 9781837081059
• ISBN: 978-1-83708-105-9
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Research in the Sociology of Work
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories