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Direct linkZenner-Höffkes, Lea; Harris, Roger; Zirkle, Chris; Pilz, Matthias – International Journal of Training and Development, 2021
Debate continues to feature prominently in many countries on such notions as skills, skill shortages and employability. Clearly such notions remain significant internationally in the rhetoric of both economic reform and training policy and practice. However, the problem remains of differing perceptions. The purpose of this comparative study was to…
Descriptors: Expectation, Employer Attitudes, Recruitment, Youth
Download full textVogelsang, Beke; Röhrer, Natascha; Fuchs, Martina; Pilz, Matthias – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2021
Purpose: Recently, high-quality vocational education and training has attracted much attention in Mexico. In this context, more practically applied skills are taught "on a dual basis", combining classroom-based training with practical, on the job, training within the company. Dual practices are expected to modernize the skill formation…
Descriptors: Hospitality Occupations, Vocational Education, Educational Quality, On the Job Training
Vogelsang, Beke; Pilz, Matthias – European Journal of Training and Development, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the qualification measures of 12 German multi-national companies (MNCs), all of which are present in China, India and Mexico. In particular, the transfer of dual initial training practices and further training measures are investigated. It examines the impact consistent training strategies across…
Descriptors: Corporations, Organizational Culture, Industrial Training, Manufacturing Industry
Edeling, Sabrina; Pilz, Matthias – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to use teaching and learning units specially devised for development of self-competencies and social competencies in the retail sector to explore how learners assess these units in relation to acceptance, quality and self-assessment of improvement in their own performance. Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Vocational Education, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Kopatz, Susanne; Pilz, Matthias – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2015
This paper analyses the returns to education of specific occupations in Canada. The purpose is to scrutinize whether and in how far academic and vocational education do differ in monetary benefits regarding individual returns. Therefore, two different methodologies of calculation are used to compute the concrete returns to education. As a result…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Comparative Analysis, College Graduates
Pilz, Matthias – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2009
In the financial services sector in Germany the proportion of trainees qualified to go on to university is particularly high. But what induces school leavers not to go (straight) to university? A written survey of over 500 trainees in the banking and insurance sectors examined the motivations for the choice of educational pathway. Only some of the…
Descriptors: Financial Services, Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
