Becoming a Journeyman Electrician: Some Implicit Indicators in the Apprenticeship Process

Tools, costume, and jargon are used as implicit indicators of the occupational socialization process for a sample of apprentice construction electricians (195). The data support the notion that occupational identification increases in a linear fashion as the apprentice moves through a five-year prog...

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Published in:Sociology of Work and Occupations 1977-02, Vol.4 (1), p.87-98
Main Author: Riemer, Jeffrey W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apprentice/Apprentices/Apprenticeship
Apprenticeships
Construction costs
Construction equipment
Indicators
Job/Jobs
Occupation
Occupation/Occupations/Occupational
Occupational
Socialization (see also Socialized)
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Summary:Tools, costume, and jargon are used as implicit indicators of the occupational socialization process for a sample of apprentice construction electricians (195). The data support the notion that occupational identification increases in a linear fashion as the apprentice moves through a five-year program toward journeyman status.
ISSN:0093-9285
0730-8884
DOI:10.1177/009392857741005