What's in a Label?: Complicating Notions of the Skills-Poor Worker.

Hull, Glynda A.

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ERIC Number: EJ592795

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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What's in a Label?: Complicating Notions of the Skills-Poor Worker.

Hull, Glynda A.

Written Communication, v16 n4 p379-411 Oct 1999

Examines mistakes in following instructions in an electronics factory. Explores the significance of the mistakes and a range of explanations for why they occur. Offers an expansive definition of what it means to be a literate, skills-rich worker, and urges vigilance against the tendency in both schools and workplaces to label and mislabel. (SC)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cultural Differences, Functional Literacy, Job Skills, Labeling (of Persons), Performance Factors, Qualitative Research, Social Differences, Workplace Literacy

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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