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Orton, Michael, Green, Anne E., Atfield, Gaby and Barnes, Sally-Anne (2019) Employer participation in active labour market policy : from reactive gatekeepers to proactive strategic partners. Journal of Social Policy, 48 (3). pp. 511-528. doi:10.1017/S0047279418000600
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0047279418000600
Abstract
Active labour market policy (ALMP) is a well-established strategy but one aspect is greatly neglected – employer participation – about which there is a lack of systematic evidence. The question of why and how employers participate in ALMP, and whether there may be some shift from employers solely being passive recipients of job-ready candidates to having a more proactive and strategic role, is addressed by drawing on new research into Talent Match, a contemporary UK employability programme which places particular emphasis on employer involvement. The research findings point to a conceptual distinction between employers’ roles as being reactive gatekeepers to jobs and/or being proactive strategic partners, with both evident. It is argued that the Talent Match programme demonstrates potential to benefit employers, jobseekers and programme providers, with devolution of policy to the local level a possible way forward. The conclusion, however, is that the barrier to wider replication is not necessarily a problem of practice but of centralised control of policy and, in particular, commitment to a supply-side approach. Empirical, conceptual and policy contributions are made to this under-researched topic.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Labor supply -- Great Britain, Welfare recipients -- Employment, Work, Unemployed | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Social Policy | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0047-2794 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | July 2019 | ||||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 9 October 2018 | ||||||||
| Volume: | 48 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 511-528 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0047279418000600 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Publisher Statement: | This article has been published in a revised form in Journal of Social Policy http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0047279418000600. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © Cambridge University Press 2018 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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