Researching occupational practice / Sai loo -- "Ausbildungsberufe" : a necessary and complex ingredient of the "dual" apprenticeship frameworks / Lorenz Lassnigg -- Occupational preparation for manual work : fitter/machinists and concrete operators / Erica Smith -- Perspectives of beginning...

The case studies and analyses developed in this timely book provide insight into the structural features of small and medium-sized firms in the information technology sector, and the implications of these features for the careers of people who are employed by them

Many countries with apprenticeship-based systems of VET face a shortage of apprenticeships. Some countries, including Denmark and Norway, address this supply-demand mismatch by offering alternative school-based routes to vocational qualifications for students not able to secure an...

This paper documents aspects of demand for and supply of training in Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States. The first part presents descriptive information about the initiation, financing, provision and methods of work-related training. In all four countries, firms provide...