Factors Affecting the Provision of Entry-Level Training by Enterprises. Australian Apprenticeships.

Autor/inn/en	Ball, K.; Freeland, B.
Institution	National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia).
Titel	Factors Affecting the Provision of Entry-Level Training by Enterprises. Australian Apprenticeships.
Quelle	(2001), (37 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-87397-696-7
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Apprenticeships; Developed Nations; Employer Attitudes; Employment Patterns; Entry Workers; Foreign Countries; Influences; Inplant Programs; Institutional Characteristics; Job Skills; Job Training; National Surveys; Organization Size (Groups); Postsecondary Education; Predictor Variables; Small Businesses; Staff Development; Trainees; Vocational Education; Work Environment; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Apprenticeship; Lehre; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Ausland; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Betriebliche Weiterbildung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Organization size; Unternehmensgröße; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Prädiktor; Kleingewerbe; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Auszubildender; Weibliche Auszubildende; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Arbeitsmilieu; Australien
Abstract	A study examined key determinants of apprentice and trainee employment in small and medium-sized enterprises that play an increasing role in providing employment-based training in Australia. It used unit record data from four waves of the Australian Bureau of Statistics business growth and performance surveys 1994-95 to 1997-98, which sent questionnaires to 13,000 businesses nationwide that employed fewer than 200 employees. Statistical analysis, using a probit regression, was undertaken to model influence of businesses' variables on their propensity to provide apprentice and trainee training. Analysis provided no evidence of one business characteristic that triggered small and medium-sized enterprises to provide training. Larger firms, firms with a high proportion of full-time staff, and firms expanding in size within the confines of their existing sites were more likely to provide training. More stable economic conditions and the ability to expand their enterprise increased the propensity to train. Analysis supported qualitative research that found managers' educational background and traditions of apprentice training within an industry had considerable impact on the decision to take on an apprentice and provided evidence of a significant effect of a training culture on employers' propensity to provide entry-level training. (Appendixes include 26 references, method used for construction of dummy variables, and detailed results for a logistic regression.) (YLB)
Anmerkungen	National Centre for Vocational Education Research, 252 Kensington Road, Leabrook, South Australia 5068, Australia. Tel: 08 8333 8400; Fax: 08 8331 9211; e-mail: vet_req@ncver.edu.au; Web site: http://www.ncver.edu.au. For full text: http://www.ncver.edu.au/research/core/cp9908.pdf.
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