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What industry wants : Employers' preferences for training
Smith, Erica; Kemmis, Ros Brennan - 2010
training and trainers. Design/methodology/approach: The research project was undertaken for Service Skills Australia, the … Australian Industry Skills Council that oversees formal training for a range of service industries in Australia. The paper … showed similar issues and suggested some possible ways forward for Australia. Originality/value: The paper provides three …
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Labor Market Institutions and Firm Policy - Theoretical and Experimental Insights
Paul, Christian - 2009
In this thesis, we theoretically and experimentally analyze three aspects of labor markets. We first ask whether the introduction of a minimum wage not only increases the wages of workers who previously earned less than this minimum wage, but also of those who earned considerably more already....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434479
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Firm Size Distribution and EPL in Italy
Schivardi, Fabiano; Torrini, Roberto - 2003
We study the role of employment protection legislation (EPL) in explaining the relative small average size of Italian firms. We construct a simple model that shows that the smooth relation between size and growth probability is disturbed in proximity of the thresholds at which EPL applies...
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Towards a new employment relationship model : merging changing needs and interests of organisation and individual
Baker, Timothy Bond - 2005
This research investigates the new psychological contract phenomenon in an organisational case study. The research question underpinning this study is - What are the core attributes of the new employment relationship? To investigate this research question, the researcher applied Noer's (1997)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438161
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Human resource development strategy in the provincial government of the Western Cape
Du Toit Goussard, Carien - 2008
This study focuses on the determinants for the development of a human resource strategyin the Provincial Government Western Cape (PGWC).The context is that a new regulatoryframework for human resource development in South Africa, namely the National HumanResource Development Strategy (NHRDS) was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442101
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ENVIRONMENTAL HOSTILITY, INDIVIDUAL LEARNING, AND INTRAPRENEURSHIP AS PREDICTORS OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING: A STUDY APPLIED TO TWO SELECTED MINING COMPANIES IN CHILE
Callahan, Jamie (contributor) - 2009
Organizations are faced with competitive and changeable environments whichdemand more prepared employees to successfully cope with these current and futurechallenges (Oswick, Grant, Michelson, and Wailes, 2005). Organizations, as a way to copewith more hostile environments, may foster individual...
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Fostering Innovative Capacity via Organizational Reward Systems: The Case of Faculty Collaboration
Dooley, Larry M. (contributor) - 2009
The purpose of this study is to reveal, through the use of case study methodology, howfaculty collaboration may foster the development of intellectual capital and how organizationalreward systems mediate this process. Collaboration has been chosen as the unit of analysis due tothe collaborative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009464861
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Saudization and Skill Formation for Employment in the Private Sector
Al-Shammari, Serhan Abdullah - 2009
The development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been associated with its growing petroleum industry since late 1930s. This development has created a sudden wealth in the country that shaped its labour market as well as its skill formation systems in the years after. It has also, thanks to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465844
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Post-Arrival Performance Interventions That Assist Expatriates’ Adjustment and Performance
Wood, Evan D. - 2010
This research examined the relationship between post-arrival performance interventions and the adjustment and performance of North American expatriates working and living in Hong Kong. The focus was on an integrated view of multiple post-arrival performance interventions in order to examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471924
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Post-Arrival Performance Interventions That Assist Expatriates’ Adjustment and Performance
Wood, Evan D. - 2010
This research examined the relationship between post-arrival performance interventions and the adjustment and performance of North American expatriates working and living in Hong Kong. The focus was on an integrated view of multiple post-arrival performance interventions in order to examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471926