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Company decisions and actions - factors influencing company training and recruitment

The sustainability of vocational education and training will particularly depend on whether sufficient numbers of companies continue to provide initial and continuing vocational education and training in order to cover their skills and competence requirements. However, doubts are emerging in this regard in light of growing matching problems and the fact that skilled workers who have undergone vocational education and training are increasingly being replaced by academically educated persons. The question arises as to which forms of initial and continuing training are still attractive to companies in terms of retaining competitiveness in a digitalised and knowledge-based economy.

This topic cluster therefore focuses on investigating the factors influencing company decision-making processes and company actions in training and recruitment- The topic cluster facilitates the collation of various theoretical approaches from different disciplines by providing a comprehensive analytical framework. The central aim of the cluster is to offer better explanations of company decisions and company actions relating to training and recruitment.

Sample key questions

  • What role is played by the socio-demographic characteristics and personal preferences of persons acting at companies with regard to company training and recruitment decisions?
  • What influence is exerted on training and recruitment actions by various company organisational forms (e.g. network-based or matrix-shaped organisational forms)?
  • What is the impact of changes to internal and external institutions on company training decisions?
  • What are the relative weights of decision maker-specific, organisational and institutional factors in explaining company actions, and what are the ensuing consequences for theory and practice?

1.1.010 - Betriebliche Qualifizierungs- und Rekrutierungsentscheidungen: Ein Mehrebenen-Ansatz zur Analyse von (potenziellen) Einflussfaktoren

Time period IV-19 to IV-23

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2.2.308 - Betriebliche Ausbildungspartnerschaften - Strukturen, Potentiale und Risiken für KMU

Time period II-17 to II-21

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Beyond Becker: training in imperfect labour markets

Acemoglu, D.; Pischke, J.-S. | 1999

In: Economic Journal 109; F112–F142

Armstrong's Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice

Armstrong, M.; Taylor, S. | 2014

13th Edition

Personality psychology and economics

Almlund, M.; Duckworth, A.; Heckman, J. J.; Kautz, T. | Amsterdam | 2011

In: E. A. Hanushek, S. Machin, and L. Wössman (Eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 4; pp. 1-181

Investment in human capital: a theoretical analysis

Becker, Gary S. | 1962

In: Journal of Political Economy vol. 70 (5); pp. 9–49

Skill-Biased Organizational Change? Evidence from a panel of British and French establishments

Caroli, E.; Reenen, J. van | 2001

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 116(4); pp. 1449-1492

Homo Reciprocans: Survey Evidence on Behavioral Outcomes

Dohmen, T.; Falk, A.; Huffmann, D.; Sunde, U. | 2009

Economic Journal, 119(536); pp. 592-612

The BIBB Training Panel - An Establishment Panel on Training and Competence Development

Gerhards, Ch.; Mohr, S.; Troltsch, K. | 2012

Schmollers Jahrbuch. Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Jg. 132(4); pp. 635-652

Digitalisation of working landscapes - no polarisation of the world of work but accelerated structural change and job switching

Helmrich, R.; Tiemann, M.; Troltsch, K.; Lukowski, F.; Neuber-Pohl, C.; Lewalder, A. Ch.; Güntürk-Kuhl, B. | Bonn | 2017

Academic Research Discussion Papers, Issue 180

Only the brave? Risk and time preferences of decision makers and firms’ investment in worker training

Jansen, A.; Pfeifer, H.; Raecke, J. | Maastricht | 2017

ROA Research Memorandum ROA-RM-2017/2

Organisationstheorien

Kieser, A.; Ebers, M. | Stuttgart | 2014

7., aktualisierte und überarbeitete Auflage

Kompetenzmanagement in der Praxis: Mitarbeiterkompetenzen systematisch identifizieren, nutzen und entwickeln. Mit vielen Praxisbeispielen

North, K.; Reinhardt, K.; Sieber-Suter, B. | Wiesbaden | 2018

3. Auflage

Organizational Behaviour

Robbins, S. P.; Judge, T. A.; Campbell, T. T. | Pearson Education | 2016

Kosten und Finanzierung der außerschulischen beruflichen Bildung

Sachverständigenkommission Kosten und Finanzierung der beruflichen Bildung | Bielefeld | 1974

Abschlussbericht

Kosten und Nutzen der dualen Ausbildung aus Sicht der Betriebe. Ergebnisse der fünften BIBB-Kosten-Nutzen-Erhebung.

Schönfeld, G.; Jansen, A.; Wenzelmann, F.; Pfeiffer, H. | Bielefeld | 2016

Institutions and Organizations. Ideas, Interests and Identities

Scott, W. R. | Thousand Oaks | 2014

Worlds of production. The action frameworks of the economy

Storper, M.; Salais, R. | Cambridge | 1997

Cooperation agreements

Examples of important cooperation partners are the University of Bern, the University of Zurich, the University of Maastricht, the LMU University Munich and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB).