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Fostering Sustainable Employability in Interorganizational Networks: Which Activities and Conditions Pay Off?
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Sarah A. Courchesne; Dave Stynen; Judith H. Semeijn; Marjolein C. J. Caniëls – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2025
Purpose: Currently, lifelong learning and sustainable employability are increasingly fostered in the context of interorganizational networks, which provide workers with access to network activities (e.g., training, career counseling). This study aims to investigate the relationship between workers' participation in network activities and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Lifelong Learning, Work Life Expectancy
Mismatch between Education and the Labour Market in the Netherlands: Is It a Reality or a Myth? The Employers' Perspective
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Cabus, Sofie J.; Somers, Melline A. – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
This study examines whether the expansion in higher education over the past 20 years has contributed to better education-job matches on the labour market. In particular, we relate changes in the average formal schooling level of workers on the regional labour market to the educational attainment of the recruited staff within companies operating on…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Labor Market, Higher Education, Education Work Relationship
Using a Personal Development Plan for Different Purposes: Its Influence on Undertaking Learning Activities and Job Performance
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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
Employability in Practice.
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Verhaar, C. H. A.; Smulders, H. R. M. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1999
A study focused on the attitudes of Dutch dairy and horticultural workers regarding the need for training in the workplace. Results emphasize the importance of learning on the job but suggest that workers need to be made aware of the value of investment in other kinds of training. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employee Attitudes, Employment Potential, Foreign Countries