Employability as a Global Norm: Comparing Transnational Employability Policies of OECD, ILO, World Bank Group, and UNESCO

Ehlers, Søren; Singh, Shalini

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“…At present, when Denmark has a very high rate of participation of adults in adult learning programmes, the role of the adult educator is limited to a facilitator, with the learner in the primary role. Most policies and programmes are oriented towards learning outcomes, which is why the role of the teacher is mitigated in relation to how the policies measure effectiveness of education in a given context (Ehlers, 2019;Singh & Ehlers, 2020). Further, the facilitator tends to be a professional in a different field, making double professionalisation seem costly, irrelevant and out of the question.…”

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Policies for professionalisation in adult learning and education: A comparative study from India, Colombia and Denmark

Singh¹,

Molina-Naar²,

Ehlers³

2020

Andragoške studije

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This paper discusses the role of policies in promoting or hindering professionalisation in adult education in different contexts. The paper draws generalisations based on three case studies: India, Colombia and Denmark, where professionalisation of adult education is negligible. The methodology includes case studies, policy analysis and a comparative perspective. The paper concludes that the professionalisation of adult education has diminished with the emergence of lifelong learning because the focus of policies has shifted to learning outcomes rather than educators. Stakeholders who favour the professionalisation of adult education and learning, therefore need to ensure the development of distinctive offers, create a market for them and get them acknowledged to convince policy makers for investment.

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Policies for professionalisation in adult learning and education: A comparative study from India, Colombia and Denmark

Singh¹,

Molina-Naar²,

Ehlers³

2020

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“…Change in Policy Framework from Global North-South Divide to Sustainability was led by the OECD, supported and implemented in low and middle-income (non-OECD) countries by the WB/IMF (and the ILO (Singh & Ehlers, 2020)), and marketed and legitimised by the UN and its supporting agencies. It was marked by the move from competition (before 1990s) to collaboration (since 1990s) among IOs.…”

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Vol. 9, Num. 1 - Full Issue

Schubert

2020

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Aminul Islam -Refugees and Untold Stories Context of EstoniaEstonia recently transformed from a refugee producing country to a refugee hosting country (Tammaru et al., 2010). The number of applicants started to increase in the year 2010 but reached at its peak in the year 2015, when the number of asylum seekers were 230. However, by the end of 2018, there were 322 refugees living in Estonian (UNHCR, 2018). Estonia also agreed to accept quota refugees as part of European relocation program and these refugees are from Non-European ethnic background. Islam ( 2016) in his study on Estonian refugees, pointed out that there is no significant academic research on existing refugees from outside Europe, Estonia will start to receive quota refugees from non-European ethnic background. Therefore, academics and researchers need to address this issue to integrate these refugees into the host society. Aim of This StudyAny groups or community in a society, which are marginalized need to have adequate space, so they can tell their stories at a pace which can be conducive for them. Researchers duty is to move beyond the words and to extract the silences and blank untold stories (Sorsoli, 2010). To explore silences and untold stories, unstructured life story method is suitable for the researchers, as it allows bringing out the counter narratives through long conversations, which allows the narrators to reveal their stories (Ward, 2003). Spector-Mersel (2011) proposed a narrative interpretive model to find out the identity of the narrators and according to him it can be revealed by the Narratives end point (EP), researchers need to attend or focus on what is added in the stories and what is excluded. To be able to come up with the end point (EP), one needs to take the silences (what is excluded), omissions (were irrelevant), and flattening (were told but not elaborated) into account to reconstruct identity, which can be suitable for themselves. By studying specific settings, this study aimed to explore the coping resources and the present and past experiences of two groups with refugee experiences in Estonia through narrative approach.

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“…Employability is a global norm (Singh and Ehlers, 2020). Transformational forces are rapidly shaping labor markets.…”

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The desire for employability and self-exploitation: concretizing Lacan's psychoanalysis on employability

Shah

2023

EBHRM

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PurposeAlthough commitment and employability are legitimized in the current world of work, they also have a dark side that has been ignored in the extant literature. To tackle this gap, the study developed and examined a comprehensive theoretical framework including learning, motivation, commitment, employability and self-exploitation. Limited research exists that explicitly examines this relationship or explores its potential implications. The author theorizes employability as a cultural fantasy that ends up in self-exploitation.Design/methodology/approachThe study concretizes Lacan's (1977; 1981 and 1988) psychoanalysis, utilizing a sample of 658 subjects from eight industries. The hypothesized relationships were examined using structural equation modeling (SEM) in AMOS.FindingsThe findings provided support for the hypothesized relationships. Employability escorts to self-exploitation. Those employees who try to remain relevant to their firms continue to engage in employability activities end up being exploited in this process.Research limitations/implicationsThe study provides a new roadmap to scholars of employability who wish to explore the domain further.Practical implicationsThe theoretical knowledge from this research will inform practice. It will influence managers and policymakers in the organization as well as politicians. Although the macroaspects of the organizational environment are beyond the control of an organization, the development efforts of the organization should be real and should not estrange individuals from their true nature. The real intent should be to unite the individual with its true nature. This way, it will be real development and will empower individuals rather than exploitation.Social implicationsThe finding that commitment is linked to self-exploitation via employability has implications for managers and policymakers. To avoid estrangement and exploitation, the organization should focus on employee real development. To have an ideal workplace, where employees unite with their nature, the organization should invest in employees, focus on their real needs, emphasize their career prospects and constantly provide them with learning and growth opportunities. In addition to material compensation, the organization should connect people with their true spirit. An organization that is concerned with people's real needs and real development will have a pool of human capital that will create real value for the organization and society as well.Originality/valueThe dark side of employability has been ignored in the extant literature. Limited research exists that explicitly examines this relationship or explores its potential implications. This study is an initiative for such debate.

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Employability as a Global Norm: Comparing Transnational Employability Policies of OECD, ILO, World Bank Group, and UNESCO

Abstract: This article analyses transnational policies on employability to understand the development of employability as a global norm and reflects about its consequences for stakeholders in the field of lifelong learning.

Cited by 11 publications

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Policies for professionalisation in adult learning and education: A comparative study from India, Colombia and Denmark

Policies for professionalisation in adult learning and education: A comparative study from India, Colombia and Denmark

Vol. 9, Num. 1 - Full Issue

The desire for employability and self-exploitation: concretizing Lacan's psychoanalysis on employability

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