Industrielle Einfacharbeit – Stabilität und Perspektiven / Low-skilled industrial work – stability and perspektives

Ittermann Peter (), Abel Jörg () and Dostal Werner
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Ittermann Peter: Technische Universität Dortmund, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Lehrstuhl Wirtschafts- und Industriesoziologie, D-44221 Dortmund
Abel Jörg: Technische Universität Dortmund, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Lehrstuhl Wirtschafts- und Industriesoziologie, D-44221 Dortmund
Dostal Werner: Technische Universität Dortmund, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Lehrstuhl Wirtschafts- und Industriesoziologie, D-44221 Dortmund

Arbeit, 2011, vol. 20, issue 3, 157-172

Abstract: The paper outlines the development prospects of low-skilled industrial work. The hypothesis is that this kind of work is not a negligible factor in the ‘high-skilled’ economies. The paper critically reconsiders the mainstream perspective. It is shown that in specific industrial sectors and fields low-skilled industrial work indicates a remarkable stability. In particular, the contribution will focus on low-skilled work in the German food industry. Many unskilled and semiskilled workers are employed in the tasks of manufacturing and packaging. Though the job requirements are at a low level, the complexity of work is increasing, several work-organizational patterns of low-skilled work so that several exist as a result.

Keywords: low-skilled work; manufacturing; food industry; unskilled / semiskilled workers; work organization; Einfacharbeit; industrielle Produktion; Ernährungsindustrie; Un- und Angelernte; Arbeitsorganisation; low-skilled work; manufacturing; food industry; unskilled / semiskilled workers; work organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1515/arbeit-2011-0303

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