Skills Demand and Utilisation

Buchanan, John; Scott, Linda M.; Yu, Serena; Schutz, Hanna; Jakubauskas, Michelle

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“…These barriers include a lack of language skills, social networks, and local know-how and failure to acknowledge foreign qualifications (Zikic et al, 2010). Researchers have pointed out the importance of employing international talents under adequate conditions in order to maintain their well-being and health (e.g., Chen et al, 2010; George et al, 2012; Smith & Frank, 2005) but also in order to justify the remarkable effort companies put into recruiting international employees (Buchanan, Scott, Yu, Schutz, & Jakubauskas, 2010).…”

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Perceived Overqualification and Psychological Well-Being Among Immigrants

Wassermann¹,

Hoppe²

2019

Journal of Personnel Psychology

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Abstract. Migration is often driven by immigrants’ hope of improving their job situation. However, in the host country, they are at risk of holding jobs below their qualifications. This study examines the relationship between perceived overqualification and psychological well-being (depressive symptoms and life satisfaction) among 176 Italian immigrants in Germany along with the buffering role of optimism and meaning-making. The results show that perceived overqualification is associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms and lower levels of life satisfaction. Optimism moderates the relationship between perceived overqualification and life satisfaction: the relationship is attenuated with increasing optimism. We conclude that interventions that enhance optimism could help immigrants cope with perceived overqualification.

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Perceived Overqualification and Psychological Well-Being Among Immigrants

Wassermann¹,

Hoppe²

2019

Journal of Personnel Psychology

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“…Skills under-utilisation thus represents untapped talent at best (Skills Australia, 2012 [26]) or, at worst, a waste of human resources (OECD, 2011 [25]). This under-utilisation can be a reason why a performance gap exists in many firms between how productive they are and how productive they could be, according to (Livingston, 2017 [27]). Two issues arise: first, many workers have higher skills than they are currently being asked to use and, second, there is a need to find ways for them to be able to use those skills.…”

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Better using skills in the workplace in the Leeds City Region, United Kingdom

2020

OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Working Papers

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This paper reviews the different definitions and measures of skills use and shows why it matters for local development policies. Based on findings from the Annual Population Survey and the UK Employer Skills Survey, it provides unique local analysis on how the Leeds City Region compares on skills use relative to other Local Enterprise Partnerships. It then outlines opportunities for new actions that could be implemented in the Leeds City Region to work closer with firms to promote skills use in the workplace.

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Economics and the Political Economy of Adult Education

Desjardins

2017

The Palgrave International Handbook on Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning

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This chapter provides a critical overview of the contribution of economics to research and policy on adult education. It discusses three distinct political economy perspectives and links these to the shifting policy agenda related to adult education at the OECD over the last five decades. This is done to reveal the link between different political economy perspectives and the implications for analytical as well as political perspectives when approaching the study and policy of adult education. Some implications and challenges for research on adult education are discussed.

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Skills Demand and Utilisation

Cited by 11 publications

References 21 publications

Perceived Overqualification and Psychological Well-Being Among Immigrants

Perceived Overqualification and Psychological Well-Being Among Immigrants

Better using skills in the workplace in the Leeds City Region, United Kingdom

Economics and the Political Economy of Adult Education

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