Dequalification

Quick meaning: Dequalification is a noun meaning A change so as to require less skill and knowledge, often leading to less responsibility and control.

Meaning

A change so as to require less skill and knowledge, often leading to less responsibility and control.

More Meanings

1. The process by which someone is forced to work below the level of their skills and qualifications.
2. The change in status from qualifying (for something) to not qualifying.
3. The removal of distinctions; homogenization

Example Sentences

Middle management is particularly threatened with dequalification (reduction in decision-making, supervision and control) .

This implies a dequalification of positions, dequalification which can be either only technical or both technical and social.

Dequalification is an imposed status, hitting women hardest in fields historically dominated by men, e.g., medicine and engineering.

According to Braverman's thesis, Taylorism, or scientific management, has been the key feature in the devaluation and dequalification of work.

Word Forms

• dequalifications

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