The hotel sector is facing special challenges, such as the acute shortage of skilled workers and rising service standards. Company-sponsored further training is regarded as an appropriate measure for keeping pace with these developments (DEHOGA, 2011, p. 1). However, the increasing number of...

The transfer of vocational education and training (VET) systems is currently the subject of lively international debate, but there has so far been very little documentation of the process or analysis of how such transfers are achieved in practical terms. This paper therefore considers the...

The transfer of vocational education and training (VET) systems is currently the subject of lively international debate, but there has so far been very little documentation of the process or analysis of how such transfers are achieved in practical terms. This paper therefore considers the...

We empirically evaluate the job performance effects of a 6 month part-time training program in a large retail chain, in which participants received feedback on their training success based on a final exam. The data's quasi-experimental structure allows comparison of sales revenue of trained and...

We econometrically evaluate the performance effects of a six month eâ€learning programme in a large retail chain with monthly data on organizational level sales revenue, for four years using panel regressions. Members of initiating cohorts show positive performance effects during training...

The purpose of the current study was to search for a link between the characteristics of firms’ training activities and the characteristics of the organizations themselves. The validity of our hypothesis was examined on the basis of structured interviews. On the basis of the data we can state...