Education and Jobs The Great Training Robbery

In this famous study, selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the most important social science books of 1971, the author argues that the familiar correlation between educational training and job performance is a myth and that the upgrading of the supply of labor is meaningless unless we reconsider the nature of the demand. A lengthy new introduction by the author extends his critique into the 1990s. Originally published by Praeger in 1970.

About the author

Ivar Berg, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Summary

In this famous study, the author argues that the familiar correlation between educational training and job performance is a myth and that the upgrading of the supply of labor is meaningless unless we reconsider the nature of the demand. A lengthy new introduction by the author extends his critique into the 1990s.

Product details

• Authors: Ivar E. Berg, Ivar Berg
• Publisher: Eliot Werner Publications
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 15.01.2003
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology
• EAN: 9780971242753
• ISBN: 978-0-9712427-5-3
• Pages: 266
• Dimensions (packing): 16.1 x 20.4 x 1.8 cm
• Weight (packing): 363 g
• Series: Foundations of Sociology; Ewp Foundations of Sociology; Ewp Foundations of Sociology; Foundations of Sociology
• Subjects: Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein; Ratgeber: Karriere und Erfolg; Betriebswirtschaft und Management; Sociology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General