Gender differentials in skill use and skill formation in the aftermath of vocational training

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 885-889
Author(s):  
René Fahr ◽  
Uwe Sunde
2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Pan ◽  
Le Chen ◽  
Wenting Zhan

PurposeThis paper explores the vocational training of construction workers in Guangdong Province of China and identifies its position in the global political-economic spectrum of skill formation.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reviews construction vocational education and training (VET) of major political economies to develop a theoretical framework that guides an in-depth case study of Guangdong. Document analysis, field trip observations, meetings and semi-structured interviews were combined to explore the political-economic environment, political stakeholders and quality assurance mechanisms of industrial training in Guangdong's construction sector. The findings were compared with construction VET of other economies reported in the literature.FindingsConstruction training in Guangdong is deeply rooted in the local history and culture, under strong dominance of the state, while continually evolves to respond to the fluid market and therefore can be conceptualised as “market-in-state”. The political stakeholders are embedded within the state to ensure that skills policies are implemented in-line with industry policies. The differences between the training of Guangdong and its foreign counterparts are attributed to their divergent political-economic models.Research limitations/implicationsAs the case study was undertaken only with Guangdong, the generalisability of its findings can be improved through future research within a broader context of multiple provinces of China through both qualitative and quantitative research approaches.Practical implicationsPlausible foreign VET approaches are likely adaptable to the Chinese context only when conducive political-economic environment could be enabled. The findings are useful for developing countries to learn from the VET experience of industrialised economies. Construction workers' training in Guangdong can be improved by strengthening labour regulation at lower subcontracting levels and ensuring the presence of industrial associations and unions for collective training supervision.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to the field of construction engineering and management with a theoretical framework that guides empirical studies on the influence of the political-economic environment upon the ways political stakeholders develop and participate in construction VET. The exploration based on this framework revealed the position of the vocational training of construction workers in Guangdong in the global political-economic spectrum of skill formation.


Author(s):  
Peter Schlögl ◽  
Martin Mayerl ◽  
Roland Löffler ◽  
Alexander Schmölz

AbstractSince 2008, the Austrian Vocational Training Act has given young people the opportunity to obtain vocational qualifications in supra-company training workshops. In addition to the traditional full-time vocational school system and company-based apprenticeship training, a third vocational qualification path has thus been established. This article presents empirical findings on this innovation in skill formation and examines the question of whether conditions for the sustainable establishment of a third pillar for acquiring vocational qualifications are given with regard to regulatory, normative, and cultural cognitive dimensions.


2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. 95-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Hoffmann

ZusammenfassungMit der Einführung des Supported Employment wurde in der beruflichen Wiedereingliede-rung psychisch beeinträchtigter Menschen in die freie Marktwirtschaft ein Paradigmawechsel vollzogen, der sich in den USA und mittlerweile auch in Europa bewährt hat. Die wissenschaftliche Evidenz ist mittels zahlreicher randomisiert kontrollierter Studien erhärtet, weshalb Supported Employment in den Leitlinien als dem pre-vocational Training überlegen und somit als Methode der Wahl vorbehaltlos empfohlen werden kann. Supported Employment leistet zudem einen entscheidenden Beitrag zur Inklusion und Teilhabe psychisch beeinträchtigter Menschen.Für eine erfolgreiche Implementierung und Weiterverbreitung im deutschsprachigen Raum braucht es gewisse Adaptionen, einheitliche Qualitätsstandards, Anreize für die Arbeitgeber sowie noch zu verbessernde gesetzliche Grundlagen und Finanzierungsmodelle, die u.a. die unbefristete Begleitung durch einen Job Coach ermöglichen. Letzteres ist ein zentraler Faktor für den nachhaltigen Erfolg des Supported Employments.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (67) ◽  
pp. 214-219
Author(s):  
I.V. Меzhibеtskа ◽  
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L.V. Тyмоschеnkо ◽  
O.I. Popov ◽  
Т.М. Popova ◽  
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Author(s):  
D. N. Butorin

The article discusses the process of the digitalization of the educational organization of secondary vocational education. When automating routine processes, at some point, problems may arise in the transition from solving local accounting problems to submitting regulated reports. Often, digitalization becomes the only possible solution to the problems of combining the performance of job tasks based on data from various departments. This is especially evident when implementing integration with external federal information systems. The development of digital services for students with the help of the information service “NaLentu!” (”Go to a Class!”) is shown. Based on it, the mailing of the schedule, the “digital student’s record-book”, and the order of documents are implemented. It is described how one of the federal systems became the reason for the digitalization of processes in social accounting, the appointment and accrual of grants. The problems of the implementation of the accounting system on the part of employees, in particular, the perception by some of them of digitalization as a threat to their interests, are indicated. Further automation trends after the implementation of information systems in the decision of the central tasks of the educational organization are demonstrated. The stages of the introduction of information systems for accounting for vocational training and additional professional education are described, the analysis of the results of their implementation on the basis of College of Oil and Gas in Achinsk is given.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 619-631

The government supports vocational training in order to improve social security for specific population groups, such as the ethnic minority youth. However, there exists information asymmetry among the stakeholders in vocational training, including the ethnic minority youth, local authorities, training institutions, enterprises and state management agencies, leading to adverse selection, moral hazard and principal-agent problem. These problems have negatively impacted the effectiveness of vocational training for ethnic minority youth. Received 19th September 2019; Revised 20th October 2019; Accepted 24th October 2019


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