scholarly journals Training for my Life: Lived Experiences of Dislocated Workers in an Advanced Manufacturing Training Program

10.18060/1942 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-278
Author(s):  
Marquita R. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Trade Policies ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Dislocated Workers ◽  
Federally Funded ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Trade Adjustment Assistance ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Trade Adjustment

This qualitative paper explores the lived experiences of one group of workers dislocated because of globalized trade policies who completed a hybrid Advanced Manufacturing Training Program (AMTP) by taking advantage of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), a federally-funded program for retraining workers dislocated because of trade policies. The research questions focus on how satisfied these workers are with the services and programs provided by TAA. Focus groups and survey instrument results indicate these workers found TAA services and processes cumbersome and time- consuming and actually had the effect of discouraging their education, training, and self- employment. The consequences of their dislocation as it relates to TAA experiences are increased frustration and dissatisfaction with the TAA program. Serious consideration for TAA policy changes should be deemed of utmost importance.

Finding beneficiaries: trade adjustment assistance system in South Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joon-heon Song
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Policy Preferences ◽  
Trade Adjustment Assistance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Policy Failure ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Trade Adjustment ◽  
The Government

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the essential cause for the policy failure of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) in South Korea. Design/methodology/approach To substantiate the claims made for the failure of the policy, this paper focuses on the differences in policy preferences among the government ministries and agencies involved in TAA. Findings The failure in the TAA policy, according to this study, was attributed to the conflicts and miscoordination arising from the differences in policy preferences among government ministries and agencies. To rectify this failure, the South Korean government had to revise its laws and regulations several times over a short period. Originality/value Drawing on the analytical framework of the literature on policy failure, this paper examines the causal relationships between outcomes of TAA policy and the conflicts or miscoordination among government bodies at each stage: initiatives and planning, implementation and operation of the policy.

Impact of training on entrepreneurial intention: an interactive cognitive perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 593-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fayçal Boukamcha
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cognitive Perspective ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Entrepreneurial Training ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – This paper aims to clarify the impact of the entrepreneurial training on a Tunisian trainee’s entrepreneurial cognitions and intention. An interactive cognitive perspective was adopted to test the interaction effect between the entrepreneurial cognitions: the perceived entrepreneurial self-efficacy, the perceived entrepreneurial feasibility and entrepreneurial desirability. A research model was built showing several relationships between entrepreneurial training, cognitions and intention. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was conducted on a convenience sample of 240 participants in four business incubators. The maximum-likelihood test was used as a structural equation modeling method to test the model. Findings – The results show the importance of the entrepreneurial training in the development of entrepreneurial cognitions. Further, the findings, to some extent, validate the interaction between the entrepreneurial cognitive patterns. However, entrepreneurial intention was only predicted through the entrepreneurial desirability. Several implications are discussed at the end of this paper. Practical implications – The findings seem interesting insofar, as they show the importance of entrepreneurial trainings in the entrepreneurial intention development through the enhancement of desirability. This process can be triggered by a training program that contains case studies, success stories and conferences to make the youth enthusiastic about self-employment. Originality/value – The significant impact of the entrepreneurial training on trainees’ cognitions should encourage governments and incubators to promote entrepreneurial training programs to enhance the youths’ willingness to create their own businesses. The findings in this paper seem interesting insofar as they show the importance of entrepreneurial trainings in the entrepreneurial intention development through the enhancement of desirability. This process can be triggered by a training program that contains case studies, success stories and conferences to make the youth enthusiastic about self-employment.

scholarly journals Tuberculin Skin Testing among Economically Disadvantaged Youth in a Federally Funded Job Training Program

1999 ◽  
Vol 149 (7) ◽  
pp. 671-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Lifson ◽  
L. L. Halc n ◽  
A. M. Johnston ◽  
C. R. Hayman ◽  
P. Hannan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Economically Disadvantaged ◽  
Job Training ◽  
Skin Testing ◽  
Tuberculin Skin Testing ◽  
Federally Funded ◽  
Disadvantaged Youth

Project TRAIN: Training Rural Area Interventionists to meet Needs

1993 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Barbara J. Reid ◽  
Mary Bross
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Personnel Preparation ◽  
Evaluation Instrument ◽  
Federally Funded ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Performance Based Evaluation ◽  
The University ◽  
Early Intervention Professionals

Project TRAIN is a federally funded, personnel preparation grant that is housed in the Early Childhood: Exceptional Educational Needs training program in the Department of Special Education at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. The grant, which was funded under time rural competition, provides preservice training at the graduate level for early intervention professionals interested in working in rural areas with infants and toddlers who have special needs and with the families of these children. This article includes a description of Project TRAIN in terms of rationale, purposes, and expected outcomes. The Project TRAIN competencies within the context of the roles and skills needed to provide quality intervention, and SIGNAL, which is a performance-based evaluation instrument for guiding professional development, are described. Additionally, the competency-based training program is highlighted.

Trade adjustment assistance

1994 ◽  
Vol 36 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 239-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Brander ◽  
Barbara J. Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Trade Adjustment Assistance ◽  
Trade Adjustment

Does Canada need trade adjustment assistance?

2017 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Lysenko ◽  
Lisa Mills ◽  
Saul Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Policy Area ◽  
Trade Adjustment Assistance ◽  
Government Aid ◽  
Canadian Federalism ◽  
Trade Adjustment ◽  
History Of

Trade adjustment assistance (TAA) is government aid to those affected by trade agreements. We review the history of TAA in Canada and ask whether Canada needs to reintroduce it in response to the recent intensification of trade negotiations. In light of the compensation offered by the federal government in connection with the Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), we examine how TAA fits in with the evolution of Canadian federalism in the trade policy area. Based in part on interviews with provincial trade negotiators, we conclude, first, that the compensation is an outcome of Canadian federalism. Second, we argue that while there is no reason to reintroduce a federal TAA program for workers, compensation for provinces is necessary to facilitate their cooperation with the implementation of trade treaty provisions. Third, we suggest that a more transparent rationale for such compensation would be superior to the ad hoc compensation observed in CETA.

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