This paper investigates job characteristics that German training companies could use as a signal to apprentices to lower the quit intentions of apprentices and further to maximize their own probability to cover occurred net costs. Moreover, the results could also be used as policy implications...

There is an intrinsic link between the success of service firms and the availability of appropriate labor resources, making employee attraction and retention a critical concern for service organizations. Effects of recruitment efforts are influenced by applicants' subjective person-environment...