Beyond the Incidence of Training: Evidence from a National Employer Survey. EQW Working Papers WP35.

Autor/inn/en	Lynch, Lisa M.; Black, Sandra E.
Institution	National Center on the Educational Quality of the Workforce, Philadelphia, PA.
Titel	Beyond the Incidence of Training: Evidence from a National Employer Survey. EQW Working Papers WP35.
Quelle	(1996), (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Employer Employee Relationship; Industrial Training; Inplant Programs; Inservice Education; Job Training; Labor Force Development; Manufacturing Industry; Outcomes of Education; Productivity; Staff Development; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Gewerblich-industrielle Ausbildung; Industriebetriebslehre; Betriebliche Weiterbildung; Berufsbegleitende Ausbildung; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Arbeitskräftebestand; Fertigungswirtschaft; Produzierendes Gewerbe; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Produktivität; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	The National Center on the Educational Quality of the Workforce's National Employer Survey represents a unique source of information on how employers recruit workers, organize work, invest in physical capital, and use education and training in the workplace. The U.S. Bureau of the Census administered it as a telephone survey to a nationally representative sample of private establishments with more than 20 employees in both the manufacturing and nonmanufacturing sectors. Of the 3,358 establishments contacted, completed surveys were received from 1,621 manufacturing firms and 1,324 nonmanufacturing firms. Findings indicate that most employers provide some type of formal training program. Employers who have adopted some characteristics of "high performance work systems" and have made large investments in physical capital or have hired workers with higher average educational level are more likely to train workers within their establishment. Most employers are more likely to provide specific training, such as orientation for new workers, health and safety, and new methods or procedures training, rather than numeracy, literacy, and basic education. The type of training program offered varies considerably by employer size and industry. The determinants of the proportion of workers trained look similar to those of the probability of offering formal training. The impact of training investments by employers differs according to their nature, timing, and location. (Contains 16 references.) (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01