Skill and work experience in the European knowledge economy

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Individual conception of
skill

Key Skills (i.e. certified
evidence of literacy,
numeracy and IT)

Intrapreneurial
skills (i.e. ability to work
effectively in immediate
work context)

Symbolic analytical skills
(i.e. ability to apply
specific form of
expertise)

Contextual conception
of skill

Key qualification
(i.e. using technical,
socio-cultural and
participative competence
in the workplace)

Polycontextual skills (i.e.
ability to mediate
between different forms
of expertise)

Intellective skills (i.e.
ability to mediate
between symbolic data)

Boundary crossing skills
(i.e. ability to operate
effectively in different
contexts)