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Choreographing a system: Skill and employability in software work

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Abigail Marks

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Abstract

While software developers are typically associated with high-status, technical knowledge work, there is evidence of changing skills requirements within the industry. One notable feature is the increasing importance of social competencies, as well as technical skill, which have been proposed as a feature of many new economy occupations. This article examines how this change in skills in software work impacts on employability in the sector. Developers, managers and HR practitioners in four Scottish software organizations provide the empirical focus. © 2008 Uppsala University.

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Author(s): Marks A, Scholarios D

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Economic and Industrial Democracy

Year: 2008

Volume: 29

Issue: 1

Pages: 96-124

Print publication date: 01/02/2008

Online publication date: 01/02/2008

ISSN (print): 0143-831X

ISSN (electronic): 1461-7099

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X07085141

DOI: 10.1177/0143831X07085141

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