Author
Kaygan, P., İlhan, Ali Oğulcan, İlhan, Işıl Oygür
Publication Date
2020-08-21
Publication Place
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Taylor & Francis
Subject
Industrial design, Design jobs, Job market, Career, Gender, Turkey
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
1460-6925
Record ID
97485bd1-98ee-4e0b-b677-8cfab509042e
Library Location
Industrial Design
Date
2020-08-21
Notes
Middle East Technical University
Sample Text
This paper examines the change in the forms of employment of industrial designers between 1984 and 2018 in Turkey. The empirical data come from the graduates of the four oldest industrial design departments in the country. Utilizing multiple sources, we collected longitudinal data on forms of employment and duration of jobs for a total of 1205 individuals. Drawing on this data, we present a descriptive analysis of the changing job patterns in in-house employment, self-employment, freelance work, academic jobs and part-time teaching jobs. Our findings show that throughout the three and a half decades (1) in-house employment remains the main form of employment, in which UX-focused jobs emerge as a recent and consistently increasing subcategory, (2) the percentage of self-employed job types dropped significantly, and this lacuna was filled by freelance jobs, and (3) there is a considerable increase in women's participation in industrial design jobs, particularly in in-house positions.
DOI
10.1080/14606925.2020.1802892
Cilt
23
