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This study reports and analyzes a questionnaire administered to US and European logistics managers soliciting their perceptions regarding changes in background and skill preferences for logistics managers operating in the new European Union environment. The combined sample of respondents...
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Over the past years a number of studies have appeared on the incidence and returns to overeducation in the labor market. In these studies various definitions of educational mismatches have been used. In this paper we analyze the validity and reliability of three of these definitions. It is found...
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Purpose – This paper aims to examine the impact of vocational training on unemployed workers not typically studied: women enrolled in engineering or computer programming training and high school dropouts. Design/methodology/approach – Using data from New Jersey's Individual Training Grant...
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provided skills does not substantially affect the estimated coefficients of the return to investment in education. Practical … investment in education, controlling for employees’ ability. Contrary to most existing studies, the heterogeneity of individual … performance is measured directly through the assessment of required and provided skills. Design/methodology/approach – Based on …
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in new capital equipment and lower average levels of workforce skills in Britain. The widespread provision of full …‐time vocational education in The Netherlands is said to enable Dutch employers to carry out further training to technician and craft …
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education and training are available in published form, the process through which these publications are developed is known only …
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Purpose – This paper aims to highlight the relevance of examining education and skill job‐worker mismatches as two … association between both education and skill mismatches, and to estimate wage equations as well as job satisfaction equations … types of mismatches from the workers’ viewpoint. Findings – The statistical analysis shows that education and skill …
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econometric approach and output variable. Practical implications The results emphasise the importance of specific ICT skills in … employees with specific (higher) education based on formal credentials and productivity are rare. Even more uncommon is the …
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This paper examines the development of an antecedent model of social partnership, the social “accord” employed by the Labor Government in Australia during the period 1983‐1996. The specific focus of the paper is upon the implementation of the Training Reform Agenda (TRA) in Australian...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and apply best practices in university entrepreneurship education to …-envisioning of entrepreneurship education and criticism that existing programs lack rigour, content, pedagogy, measurement and an …
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