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Workforce Development

Workforce development is a systematic educational approach that develops occupational competencies and skills in workers through integrated training and support services aligned with labor market demands to facilitate employment and economic advancement.

16.4K

Publications

785.1K

Citations

29.1K

Authors

5.5K

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2017–2026

4.2K

Variants

Workforce Education

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Publications

16.4K

The future of employment: How susceptible are jobs to computerisation?

Carl Benedikt Frey, Michael A. Osborne · Technological Forecasting and Social Change · 2016 · 8.3K citations · Full text

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Testing for competence rather than for "intelligence."

David C. McClelland · American Psychologist · 1973 · 4.3K citations

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Towards a model of work engagement

Arnold B. Bakker, Evangelia Demerouti · Career Development International · 2008 · 3.1K citations

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The Work Design Questionnaire (WDQ): Developing and validating a comprehensive measure for assessing job design and the nature of work.

Frederick P. Morgeson, Stephen E. Humphrey · Journal of Applied Psychology · 2006 · 2.9K citations

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Learning to Labour: How Working Class Kids Get Working Class Jobs.

Philip Wexler, Paul E. Willis · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1981 · 2.8K citations

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Authors

29.1K

  1. DJ
    Denise Jackson

    Edith Cowan University, Australia

    34 publications · 3.1K citations

    28

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  2. FG
    Francis Green

    University College London, United Kingdom

    42 publications · 2.4K citations

    27

    h-index

  3. AF
    Alan Felstead

    Cardiff University, United Kingdom

    32 publications · 2.5K citations

    23

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  4. ES
    Erica Smith

    Charles Sturt University, Australia

    34 publications · 817 citations

    19

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  5. MC
    Melinde Coetzee

    University of South Africa, South Africa

    27 publications · 1K citations

    19

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Institutions

5.5K

  1. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    45 h-index

    216 publications

    9.6K citations

  2. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    43 h-index

    102 publications

    17.7K citations

  3. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    40 h-index

    150 publications

    6.9K citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    39 h-index

    121 publications

    8.1K citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    38 h-index

    109 publications

    23.3K citations

  6. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    36 h-index

    146 publications

    12.9K citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    36 h-index

    137 publications

    7.3K citations

  8. Maastricht University

    Maastricht, The Netherlands

    35 h-index

    157 publications

    8.7K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Vocational Behavior

    125 publications · 14.5K citations

    62

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  2. Industrial and Labor Relations Review

    135 publications · 9.8K citations

    53

    h-index

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  4. Journal of Education and Work

    182 publications · 8.7K citations

    47

    h-index

  5. Education + Training

    176 publications · 8.7K citations

    47

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See also

Workforce Development

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