Cooperative VET in training networks: analysing the free-rider problem in a sociology-of-conventions perspective.

Autor/inn/en	Leemann, Regula Julia; Imdorf, Christian
Titel	Cooperative VET in training networks: analysing the free-rider problem in a sociology-of-conventions perspective.
Quelle	In: International journal for research in vocational education and training, 2 (2015) 4, S. 284-307Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (3); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (4) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2197-8646
DOI	10.13152/IJRVET.2.4.3
URN	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-457373 urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-116395
Schlagwörter	Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Duales Ausbildungssystem; Ausbildungsbetrieb; Kooperation; Netzwerk; Schweiz
Abstract	In training networks, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises pool their resources to train apprentices within the framework of the dual VET system, while an intermediary organisation is tasked with managing operations. Over the course of their apprenticeship, the apprentices switch from one training company to another on a (half-) yearly basis. Drawing on a case study of four training networks in Switzerland and the theoretical framework of the sociology of conventions, this paper aims to understand the reasons for the slow dissemination and reluctant adoption of this promising form of organising VET in Switzerland. The results of the study show that the system of moving from one company to another creages a variety of free-rider constellations in the distribution of the collectively generated corporative benefits. This explains why companies are reluctant to participate in this model. For the network to be sustainable, the intermediary organisation has to address discontent arising from free-rider problems while taking into account that the solutions found are always tentative and will often result in new free-rider problems.
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2016/2