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Worker Literacy

Worker Literacy is an academic construct that denotes the foundational capacity of workers to comprehend, interpret, and apply domain-specific knowledge and skills within labor contexts, distinguishing it from general literacy by its targeted integration of vocational cognition and workplace praxis.

93

Publications

3.1K

Citations

137

Authors

50

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5

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Publications

93

Literacy in American Lives

Beth Daniell, English Spring, Deborah Brandt · College Composition and Communication · 2003 · 345 citations

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Changing Work, Changing Workers: Critical Perspectives on Language, Literacy, and Skills

Glynda Hull · College Composition and Communication · 1997 · 149 citations

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Trapped between a Rock and a Hard Place: What Counts as Information Literacy in the Workplace and How Is It Conceptualized?

Annemareé Lloyd · Library trends · 2011 · 137 citations · Full text

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Job Literacy: The Relationship between School Preparation and Workplace Actuality

Larry Mikulecky · Reading Research Quarterly · 1982 · 131 citations

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Hearing Other Voices: A Critical Assessment of Popular Views on Literacy and Work

Glynda Hull · Harvard Educational Review · 1993 · 116 citations

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Authors

137

  1. LM
    Larry Mikulecky

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    8 publications · 349 citations

    8

    h-index

  2. GH
    Glynda Hull

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    5 publications · 329 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. KY
    Keiko Yasukawa

    University of Technology Sydney, Australia

    4 publications · 53 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. LD
    Linda D. Labbo

    University of Georgia, United States

    3 publications · 72 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. MT
    Maurice Taylor

    University of Ottawa, Canada

    3 publications · 73 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 137

Institutions

50

  1. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    149 citations

  2. University of Technology Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    96 citations

  3. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    206 citations

  4. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

  5. Indiana University

    Bloomington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    145 citations

  6. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    143 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  8. University of Ottawa

    Ottawa, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    48 citations

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Venues

  1. Literacy and Numeracy Studies

    3 publications · 86 citations

    3

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  2. Peabody Journal of Education

    PJE · 3 publications · 67 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy

    JAAL · 3 publications · 44 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. Reading Research Quarterly

    RRQ · 3 publications · 247 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. College Composition and Communication

    CCC · 2 publications · 494 citations

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    h-index

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