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ACT, Inc., 2011
It is no secret that global markets and innovations in technology are driving rapid change in the U.S. economy. While much has been said over the years about the employment shift from goods-producing to service-providing industries, new research suggests that the shift is not due to sectoral employment change but rather a shift in the mix of jobs…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Context Effect, Marketing, Global Approach
Achieve, Inc., 2012
In today's job market, middle and high skills jobs--jobs that require some education and training beyond high school--comprise the majority of job openings and typically provide the best wages and opportunities for advancement. And almost every day, there is an article or news story discussing the "skills mismatch" phenomenon, the…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Employment Patterns, Skilled Occupations, Technical Occupations
Smith, Walter L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Precepting, coaching, and mentoring are teaching methods used extensively in nursing education in U.S. healthcare facilities. Filipino nurse immigrants have cultural backgrounds that may influence their experience with and perspectives of these learning interventions. Although Filipino nurse immigrants comprise approximately 0.2% of the population…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Nurses, Nursing, Foreign Countries
Vadivelu, Ramaswamy N.; Klein, James D. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2011
This exploratory study examined the influence of national and organizational culture on the use of various performance improvement interventions. Data on intervention use were collected from practitioners in the United States and South Asia. Results revealed that orientation programs, organizational communication, instructor-led training, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personnel Management, Cultural Influences, Organizational Culture
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Boehm, Patricia – Knowledge Quest, 2009
Technology skills are crucial for future employment needs. There will be people who identify these crucial skills as software and hardware maintenance and manipulation. Those skills just scratch the surface of future employment needs. Using technology to create a document, manipulate data, and share knowledge is now crucial for more than…
Descriptors: Creativity, Job Training, Educational Technology, Labor Force
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Altman, Brian A. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2009
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to review two accounts of the history of workplace learning and training in the USA that emphasize issues of power and control in the determination of what training occurs, and place these issues at the center of their analyses. Design/methodology/approach: The two texts are reviewed and a constructivist paradigm…
Descriptors: Job Training, Labor Force Development, Power Structure, Managerial Occupations
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Germain, Marie-Line; Ruiz, Carlos Enrique – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to offer a comparison of how human expertise is perceived by human resource development (HRD) scholars across several Western European countries and in the USA. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative, exploratory approach using electronic mail was used for this study. In total, 36 leading HRD scholars from…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Ethnography, Interviews, Cultural Differences
Nuno-Toledo, Elsa – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the learning of basic reading literacy skills in a contextualized, educational career technical training program, specifically the School to Work Program. The study explores whether adult literacy rates can change through students' participation in a contextualized, educational…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Functional Literacy, Job Training
Arnhold, Robert W. – Exceptional Parent, 2008
Slippery Rock University (SRU), located in western Pennsylvania, is one of 14 state-owned institutions of higher education in Pennsylvania. The university has a rich tradition of providing professional preparation programs in special education, therapeutic recreation, physical education, and physical therapy for individuals with disabilities.…
Descriptors: State Colleges, Adapted Physical Education, Disabilities, Therapeutic Recreation
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Collins, Mary Elizabeth – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2008
Although staff training in public child welfare agencies is thought to be a critical component of effective practice, little is known about the delivery and effectiveness of training interventions. Few evaluations are published in the literature and it is uncertain how much evaluation activity is being conducted and utilized. This study collected…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Public Agencies, Welfare Services, Job Training
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Schmidt, Steven W. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2007
Opportunities for training and development are paramount in decisions regarding employee career choices. Despite the importance, many research studies on job satisfaction do not address satisfaction with workplace training as an element of overall job satisfaction, and many job satisfaction survey instruments do not include a "satisfaction…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Job Training, Correlation, Career Choice
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Le Deist, Francoise – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to analyse the conceptual approaches to competence and practice in competence management in France. Design/methodology/approach: Extensive literature review, discussion with academic experts in the French competence network of AGRH and interviews concerning developments following the 2003 national agreement…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Competence
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Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud – Social Indicators Research, 2008
The purpose of the paper is to assess the theory that the downside risk insurance provided by more generous welfare states generates long run efficiency gains, which counterbalance the short run efficiency losses caused by work disincentives in these states (Feldstein 1974, 1976; Sinn 1995, 1996). Testing downside risk theory requires long term…
Descriptors: Job Training, Foreign Countries, Cost Effectiveness, Welfare Services
Wright, J.W., Jr. – Academy for Educational Development, 2010
This publication is intended for three primary audiences: international development professionals who want to define "workforce" for program design purposes, those who seek information about field activities, and those who want to reflect on the implementation of successful, high impact programs--whether they were broad-based or…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Program Design, Definitions, Job Training
Dalston, Teresa – ProQuest LLC, 2009
A comparative evaluation framework of instructional interventions for implementation of online training for public library staff would enable a better understanding of how to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and efficacy of training in certain training environments. This dissertation describes a quasi-experimental study of a two-week,…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Public Libraries, Job Training, Electronic Learning
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