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Halvarsson Lundkvist, Agneta; Gustavsson, Maria – Vocations and Learning, 2018
The aim of this article is to investigate how the formal competence development activities provided by the Production Leap, a workplace development programme (WPDP), were interwoven with everyday work activities and to identify the conditions that enabled learning and employee-driven innovation that contributed to production improvement, in small…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competence, Workplace Learning, Job Skills
Beausaert, Simon A. J.; Segers, Mien S. R.; Gijselaers, Wim H. – Vocations and Learning, 2011
Today, organizations are increasingly implementing assessment tools such as Personal Development Plans. Although the true power of the tool lies in supporting the employee's continuing professional development, organizations implement the tool for various different purposes, professional development purposes on the one hand and promotion/salary…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Professional Development, Employees, Job Skills
Kyndt, Eva; Govaerts, Natalie; Dochy, Filip; Baert, Herman – Vocations and Learning, 2011
In our continuously changing society, a need for updating one's skills and knowledge puts pressure on safeguarding the labour market position of low-qualified employees. However, prior research and official statistics show that employees with a lower level of education tend to participate less in training than highly-educated individuals. This…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Employment Qualifications, Intention, Educational Attainment
Kyndt, Eva; Dochy, Filip; Michielsen, Maya; Moeyaert, Bastiaan – Vocations and Learning, 2009
In this continuously changing contemporary economy, companies have to be able to anticipate technological innovations and to compete with other companies worldwide. This need makes important a company's ability to evolve through its employees' learning and through continuous development. Securing and retaining skilled employees plays an important…
Descriptors: Employees, Persistence, Workplace Learning, Interviews
Pilz, Matthias – Vocations and Learning, 2009
Vocational training and skills are playing an increasingly important role in the developed economies. However, both the vocational education structure and the underlying philosophy and culture of education and training vary from country to country. What is clear, though, is that employers play a crucial role in all cases; this paper explores the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Job Skills, Cultural Differences