Advancing a Capability Approach to Work as a Central Dimension of Human Development

IF 1.1 Q3 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

FORUM FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES Pub Date : 2022-08-23 DOI:10.1080/08039410.2022.2112276

Dai Duc Duong, Anh Van Pham

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Abstract Based on Capability Approach, this article proposes a framework centred around work capability which refers to a set of working activities that are feasible for an individual to achieve. In this framework, work capability is a fundamental freedom because work is both a means for survival and an end in itself. However, employees’ work capability reduces when they sell labour power for wages. This loss is a deficit in human development but is ignored in the current evaluation of human development. The article suggests adding work capability in measuring human development. In this framework, work capability is operationalized with work opportunity (freedom in getting a job) and work autonomy (freedom in the labour process). The article emphasizes that work capability directly and indirectly contributes to human development. The importance of work capability in shaping human development raises the emergent need for solutions for enhancing people’s work capability.

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推进将工作作为人类发展的核心维度的能力方法

摘要基于能力方法，本文提出了一个以工作能力为中心的框架，工作能力是指个人能够实现的一系列工作活动。在这个框架下，工作能力是一种基本的自由，因为工作本身既是生存的手段，也是目的。然而，当员工以劳动力换取工资时，他们的工作能力就会下降。这种损失是人类发展的一种缺陷，但在目前对人类发展的评估中被忽视了。文章建议在衡量人的发展方面增加工作能力。在这个框架中，工作能力与工作机会（获得工作的自由）和工作自主权（劳动过程中的自由）相结合。文章强调，工作能力对人的发展有直接和间接的贡献。工作能力在塑造人类发展中的重要性，迫切需要提高人们的工作能力的解决方案。

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CiteScore

1.80

自引率

14.30%

发文量

期刊介绍： Forum for Development Studies was established in 1974, and soon became the leading Norwegian journal for development research. While this position has been consolidated, Forum has gradually become an international journal, with its main constituency in the Nordic countries. The journal is owned by the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and the Norwegian Association for Development Research. Forum aims to be a platform for development research broadly defined – including the social sciences, economics, history and law. All articles are double-blind peer-reviewed. In order to maintain the journal as a meeting place for different disciplines, we encourage authors to communicate across disciplinary boundaries. Contributions that limit the use of exclusive terminology and frame the questions explored in ways that are accessible to the whole range of the Journal''s readership will be given priority.