... as adult has decreased significantly in recent decades. Drawing on data from the Youth Development Study, this chapter assesses the importance of the traditional transition markers and personal qualities in predicting whether young people view themselves as adult. It begins by briefly considering...

...This book presents a political economy of skills and skilled work. Drawing on a multidisciplinary framework involving economics, sociology, management, psychology, and political science, it describes skills as personal qualities with three key features: productive (using skills at work...

... as personal qualities with three key features, known collectively as the ‘PES’ concept of skill: productive (using skills at work are productive of value), expandable (skills are enhanced by training and development), and social (skills are socially determined). It also considers three disciplinary...

... and human resources, education and training and mathematics, English language, customer and personal service, administration and management, communications and media, and clerical. It also covers the characteristics needed for forensic work, personal qualities in demand by consulting firms, and business...

... of their personal qualities—traits are deemed important. On the other hand, past research suggests that, while candidate character traits are short term forces, they hold relatively limited in influence on vote preference. However, theoretical and methodological limitations may have hindered past research ability...

... that will be the central concern of this book. These come later: The eleventh meaning in the OED, second edition, is “the sum of the moral and mental qualities which distinguish an individual or a race”; and the seventh meaning in Johnson 's Dictionary is “personal qualities; particular...

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