| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 258 pages) : illustrations, charts |
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polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Institutions and collective actors in the provision of training : historical and cross-national comparisons / Pepper D. Culpepper and Kathleen Thelen -- When traditions change and virtues become obstacles : skill formation in Britain and Germany / Steffen Hillmert -- Why does the German apprenticeship system work? / Christian Dustmann and Uta Schoenberg -- What do we know about training at work? / Philip J. O'Connell and Jean-Marie Jungblut -- Qualifications and the returns to training across the life course / Walter Mueller and Marita Jacob -- Lack of training : employment opportunities for low-skilled persons from a sociological and microeconomic perspective / Heike Solga -- Vocational and professional learning : skill formation between formal and situated learning / Hans Gruber, Christian Harteis and Monika Rehrl -- How to compare the performance of VET systems in skill formation / Martin Baethge, Frank Achtenhagen and Lena Arends. |
| Summary |
There are marked changes in skill requirements in today's modern societies, and major questions about the processes of skill formation remain unresolved. It reviews the theories and research on skill formation in psychology, economics, political science and sociology. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Occupational training.
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Occupational training. |
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Skilled labor.
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Skilled labor. |
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Vocational education.
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Vocational education. |
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Employees -- Training of.
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Employees -- Training of. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic book.
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| Added Author |
Mayer, Karl Ulrich.
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Solga, Heike.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Skill formation. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521867528 0521867525 (DLC) 2007027339 (OCoLC)155123605 |
| ISBN |
9780511388002 (electronic book) |
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0511388004 (electronic book) |
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9780511384141 (ebook) |
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0511384149 (ebook) |
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0511387016 (electronic book) |
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9780511387012 (electronic book) |
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9780511385971 (electronic book) |
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0511385978 (electronic book) |
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9780511499593 (ebook) |
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0511499590 (ebook) |
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9780521867528 (hardback) |
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0521867525 (hardback) |
| Standard No. |
9786611254575 |
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