Preliminary communication
THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN INDUSTRY: A LONG WAY TO BECOMING A PROFESSION
Gerhard Niedermair
; Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Department of Psychology and Educational Research Linz, Austria
Abstract
The paper takes the view that the development of human
resources in industry, understood to be an economic, industrial, and educational service, has not yet become established in the functionally differentiated Austrian society , despite its noticeable key position. The professional group of (full-time and sideline) Human Resources Developers is also barely present in the collective consciousness of the population and does not really possess a distinctive professional image in spite of its independent symbolic
sphere of meaning and orientation towards the well-being of those entrusted in the medial public. Consequently, the utilization of the socio-theoretical figure “Professional Culture” is preferred and examined. The constituent elements thereof identify and justify internal human resources development as a socially relevant professional culture but not as a “profession”.
Keywords
industrial pedagogy; human resources development; profession; professionalization and professionalism
Hrčak ID:
29589
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Publication date:
28.11.2008.
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