@article{f31ce0e3391742668746290f690ffc0d,
title = "Employability and school uniform policies: Projecting the employer{\textquoteright}s gaze",
abstract = "This article examines employability discourse within school uniform policies as a way to justify uniform. The uniform policy of every publicly funded secondary school in Scotland (n=357) was studied using content and discourse analysis. Employability discourse was grouped into three themes: School as preparation for work; school to replicate a work environment; and young people creating a good impression for employers. The rationale of the uniform is revealed as a technology through which the employer{\textquoteright}s gaze is projected onto pupils.",
keywords = "Employability, Foucault, school dress code, school uniform, secondary school",
author = "A Olosson and Shanks, {Rachel K}",
note = "Open access via Sage R&P agreement Acknowledgments We wish to thank the students who were involved in the original sourcing and coding of school uniform policies, namely Lucas Adrian Brauns, Agata Kostrzewa, Marton Kottmayer, Kirsten Phelps, Daniel Phillips, Vilma Pullinen, Atyrah Hanim Razali, Cameron Roy, Maria Steiner Simonsen, and particularly Jasper Friedrich who provided feedback on this work. We also wish to thank Prof Pamela Abbott for her insightful comments on an early draft of the manuscript and the two reviewers who provided very useful feedback.",
year = "2022",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1177/09075682221108838",
language = "English",
volume = "29",
pages = "628–645",
journal = "Childhood",
issn = "0907-5682",
publisher = "Sage Publications",
number = "4",
}