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The Impact of ICT Usage, Workplace Organisation and Human Capital on the Provision of Apprenticeship Training : A Firm-Level Analysis Based on Swiss Panel Data
Hollenstein, Heinz; Stucki, Tobias - 2008
Firstly, we investigated the determinants of a) the propensity of Swiss firms to provide apprenticeship training, and b) the intensity of training (measured by the employment share of apprentices). We primarily were interested in the relevance as explanatory factors of the three constituent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014214479
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The impact of ICT usage, workplace organisation and human capital on the provision of apprenticeship training. a firm-level analysis based on Swiss panel data
Hollenstein, Heinz; Stucki, Tobias - 2008
Firstly, we investigated the determinants of a) the propensity of Swiss firms to provide apprenticeship training, and b) the intensity of training (measured by the employment share of apprentices). We primarily were interested in the relevance as explanatory factors of the three constituent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285815
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The Impact of ICT Usage, Workplace Organisation and Human Capital on the Provision of Apprenticeship Training : A Firm-level Analysis Based on Swiss Panel Data
Hollenstein, Heinz; Stucki, Tobias - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2008
Firstly, we investigated the determinants of a) the propensity of Swiss firms to provide apprenticeship training, and b) the intensity of training (measured by the employment share of apprentices). We primarily were interested in the relevance as explanatory factors of the three constituent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005731488
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Determinants of training and the performance of new firms
Stucki, Tobias - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009490823
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The "new firm paradigm" and the provision of training : the impact of ICT, workplace organization and human capital
Hollenstein, Heinz; Stucki, Tobias - In: Swiss journal of economics and statistics 148 (2012) 4, pp. 557-595
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009705131
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What types of diversity benefit workers? : empirical evidence on the effects of co-worker dissimilarity on the performance of employees
Kurtulus, Fidan Ana - 2011 - This version: January 10, 2011
This paper explores the consequences of grouping workers into diverse divisions on the performance of employees using a dataset containing the detailed personnel records of a large U.S. firm from 1989-1994. In particular, I examine the effects of demographic dissimilarity among co-workers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009273098
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What Types of Diversity Benefit Workers? Empirical Evidence on the Effects of Co-Worker Dissimilarity on the Performance of Employees
Kurtulus, Fidan Ana - 2012
This study explores the consequences of grouping workers into diverse divisions on the performance of employees using a dataset containing the detailed personnel records of a large U.S. firm from 1989 to 1994. In particular, I examine the effects of demographic dissimilarity among co-workers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014171755
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Employee Education, Information and Communication Technology, Workplace Organization and Trade : A Comparative Analysis of Greek and Swiss Enterprises
Arvanitis, Spyros; Loukis, Euripidis N. - 2009
industries) in Greece and Switzerland; from these data econometric models of similar specification have been constructed for both …. Our results show both similarities and differences in the above aspects between Greece and Switzerland and indicate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014206156
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How do industries and firms respond to changes in local labor supply?
Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht - 2011
In this paper, we investigate how changes in the skill mix of local labor supply are absorbed by the economy. We distinguish between three adjustment mechanisms: through factor prices, through an expansion in the size of those production units that use the more abundant skill group more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009524993
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How Do Industries and Firms Respond to Changes in Local Labor Supply?
Dustmann, Christian - 2012
In this paper, we investigate how changes in the skill mix of local labor supply are absorbed by the economy. We distinguish between three adjustment mechanisms: through factor prices, through an expansion in the size of those production units that use the more abundant skill group more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112767