In training networks, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises pool their resources to train apprentices within the framework of the dual VET system, while an intermediary organisation is tasked with managing operations. Over the course of their apprenticeship, the apprentices switch from...

Im sogenannten Nürnberger Qualifizierungsverbund schließen sich seit 2022 Unternehmen mit ähnlichen Bedarfen an Fachkräften zusammen, um gemeinsam ihre Beschäftigten von Helfern zu Fachkräften weiterzubilden oder Fachkräfte noch zusätzlich zu qualifizieren.

Building on the notion of general and specific human capital proposed by Becker (1962), the paper highlights the importance of employee training practices undertaken in firms as an important tool for human resource and knowledge management and focuses on the role of works councils as a specific...