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exercises should play a greater role in the training of those involved in development and proposes the production of a short …
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The use of team‐based activities is popular in education and training settings, but such exercises are not without … their problems. Examines the group‐formation process and specifically explores the use of games as a means for potential …
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This paper addresses the question to which extent the complementarity between educationand training can be attributed … at work are strong predictors of training participation whilepersonality traits are not. Once working tasks and other job … related characteristics arecontrolled for, the skill gap in training participation drops considerably for off …
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The existing literature on training is concerned with understanding the reasons whyfirms pay for the general skills of … willingnessof firms to pay for general training, and accounts for the pattern of training provisionempirically observed. It is …
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A starting point to any understanding of British professions in the twenty-first century is an appreciation of what it has meant to be a profession up to this point.This is no easy task. There is no single, generally accepted definition of ‘profession’ in the English language. The term has...
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requirements. They may react either by training or hiring the newskills, or by a combination of both. We first show that ICT are … evidenceof external labour market strategies based on “excess turnover”. In contrast, French firmsheavily rely on training in …
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This paper uses firm level panel data of firm provided training to estimate its impact onproductivity and wages. To … wage premium of training is estimated at 12%. Our results give support to recent theoriesthat explain work related training …
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addition respondents reported the desired training and experience and expected compensation of new hires. Bank executives … and communication were more important for new agricultural loan officers than formal training in agriculture or business …
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Several studies show that employees with firm-specific skills are more likely to be covered by employer-sponsored pension schemes than workers with general skills. Therefore it can be expected that workers with firm-specific skills retire earlier. This paper tests this prediction using US data...
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