Perceptions of employability among London's low-paid: 'self-determination' or ethnicity?

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Croucher, R., Ramakrishnan, S., Rizov, M. and Benzinger, D. 2018. Perceptions of employability among London's low-paid: 'self-determination' or ethnicity? Economic and Industrial Democracy. 39 (1), pp. 109-130. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X15609672
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TitlePerceptions of employability among London's low-paid: 'self-determination' or ethnicity?
AuthorsCroucher, R., Ramakrishnan, S., Rizov, M. and Benzinger, D.
Abstract

We investigate how ethnicity, gender and other characteristics affect low-paid workers’ perceptions of their employability in London’s labour market, examining ‘self-determination’, ethnic and dual labour market theories. We find that perceptions vary considerably, both between genders and ethnicities and in the extent to which they are ‘justified’ by human capital attributes. Optimism varies between genders and ethnic groups but individuals’ perceptions vary to an even greater extent within genders and ethnic groups. Hence, individual-level ‘self-determination’ explanations of these perceptions appear to have greatest explanatory power though ethnic theories also have utility.

PublisherSage
JournalEconomic and Industrial Democracy
ISSN1461-7099
Publication dates
Online28 Oct 2015
Print01 Feb 2018
Publication process dates
Deposited26 Jan 2018
Accepted21 Aug 2015
Output statusPublished
Accepted author manuscript
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Richard Croucher, Sumeetra Ramakrishnan, Marian Rizov, Diana Benzinger, Perceptions of employability among London’s low-paid: ‘Self-determination’ or ethnicity?, Economic and Industrial Democracy. Vol 39, Issue 1, pp. 109 - 130. Copyright © The Author(s) 2015. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X15609672
LanguageEnglish
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