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Direct linkJosé V. Ramirez; Sylvain Weber – Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2025
Apprenticeship training is strongly developed in Switzerland. During the COVID-19 pandemic, training firms however faced severe difficulties and many decided not to (or were unable to) hire apprentices. To minimize negative consequences, authorities from the canton of Geneva introduced a series of measures to support the creation of apprenticeship…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Economic Factors, Personnel Selection
Jenny Marcionetti; Camilla Zambelli; Jérôme Rossier – Journal of Career Development, 2025
This study aimed to analyze how career adaptability and job control can influence apprentices' perceptions of their work as being decent and stressful. The participants included 530 Swiss apprentices enrolled in a three-year vocational education training (VET) program. Structural equation modeling showed a positive association between career…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Work Experience Programs
Camilla Zambelli; Jenny Marcionetti; Jérôme Rossier – Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2024
Based on the social cognitive model and on the psychology of working theory, this research aims to study the job and life satisfaction of apprentices, considering proactive personality, person-supervisor and person-group fit, occupational self-efficacy, and decent work as antecedents. The participants were 530 Swiss apprentices enrolled in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Job Satisfaction
