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Purpose – The first goal of this research is to analyse the effects of lean production (LP) on the policy of human resource management (HRM). The second is to determine whether or not implementation of HRM practices associated with LP explains the differences in organizational performance...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the hypothesis that those with a university qualification in science and technology (S&T) enjoy favourable labour market outcomes. Design/methodology/approach – Analysis is based on individual-level data detailing the labour market...
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Purpose – The aim of this paper is to determine whether the effort invested by service companies in employee training … treatment with fixed effects. Findings – The prepared models give clear empirical support to the hypothesis that training … limitations related to the use of a training indicator based on effort and not on results obtained, with low representation of …
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addressing the issue of the relationship between corporate training policy and employees’ capability to aspire for learning … even more influenced by the environment as shaped by the corporate training policy than by professional pathways …, occupational groups and other determinants, whilst training experiences themselves have no influence. Third, it raises the key …
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Purpose – Various types of short training programmes exist in Germany. This article aims to evaluate short training …. Design/methodology/approach – The author measures the impact of six short training programmes on the participants. She uses …-participation as well as participation in different training types directly. Findings – The results demonstrate that in-firm training …
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addressing the issue of the relationship between corporate training policy and employees’ capability to aspire for learning … even more influenced by the environment as shaped by the corporate training policy than by professional pathways …, occupational groups and other determinants, whilst training experiences themselves have no influence. Third, it raises the key …
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Purpose – Various types of short training programmes exist in Germany. This article aims to evaluate short training …. Design/methodology/approach – The author measures the impact of six short training programmes on the participants. She uses …-participation as well as participation in different training types directly. Findings – The results demonstrate that in-firm training …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to enrich the discussion on the determinants of training participation and … – The authors find that both formal training and informal learning are particularly related to job and firm characteristics … participate in formal training, and also benefit from the informal learning potential of their jobs. However, lifelong learning is …
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with supply chain performance to non-traditional HR practices, training, and team organization were tested. Findings – The … Delphi study identified specific HR practices, such as flexible job descriptions and teamwork training that would need to …, teamwork training, and the use of performance metrics to determine rewards, are significantly related to satisfaction with …
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Purpose – This paper sets out to examine the link between technological change and continuing training at a workplace … increased demand for skills, which induces an increased provision of training. UK data from two waves (1998 and 2004) of the … technological change are more likely to train their workers and also to provide more days of training per worker. Team working is …
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