scholarly journals Off‐the‐job training and the shifting role of part‐time and temporary employment across institutional models. Comparing Italian and British firms

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 427-453
Author(s):  
Giulio Pedrini
Keyword(s):  
Job Training ◽  
Temporary Employment ◽  
Part Time

scholarly journals Women’s Vulnerability to the Economic Crisis through the Lens of Part-time Work in Spain

2021 ◽  
pp. 095001702110012
Author(s):  
Valeria Insarauto
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Transmission Mechanism ◽  
Female Employment ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Part Time Work

This article studies women’s vulnerability to the economic crisis of 2008 through the lens of part-time work in Spain. It posits that part-time work made the female employment position more fragile by acting as a transmission mechanism of traditional gender norms that establish women as secondary workers. This argument is tested through an analysis of Labour Force Survey data from 2007 to 2014 that examines the influence of the employment situation of the household on women’s part-time employment patterns. The results expose the limited take-up of part-time work but also persistent patterns of involuntariness and underemployment corresponding to negative household employment situations, highlighting the constraining role of gender norms borne by the relative position of part-time work in the configuration of employment structures. The article concludes that, during the crisis, part-time work participated in the re-establishment of women as a family dependent and flexible labour supply, increasing their vulnerability.

Does Zhongyong thinking affect voice behavior? The mediating role of psychological safety

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Guodong Yang ◽  
Yingwei Ji ◽  
Qiumeng Xu
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychological Safety ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Master Of Business Administration ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Business Administration Students ◽  
Part Time

Zhongyong, as a typical Confucian thinking model, is related to employees' voice behavior. In this research we explored the relationship between Zhongyong thinking and employees' voice behavior, and examined the mediating effect of psychological safety in this relationship. Survey data were collected from 218 part-time Master of Business Administration students from two Chinese universities. The structural equation modeling results demonstrate that Zhongyong thinking was positively related to psychological safety, and that psychological safety was positively related to voice behavior. Further, psychological safety mediated the Zhongyong thinking–voice behavior relationship. These results suggest that organizations can encourage voice behavior by enhancing employees' Zhongyong thinking and by boosting their perception of psychological safety in the workplace.

scholarly journals Why Do Foreign-Owned Firms Pay More? The Role of On-the-Job Training

2007 ◽  
Vol 143 (3) ◽  
pp. 464-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Görg ◽  
Eric Strobl ◽  
Frank Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Job Training ◽  
On The Job Training

To Design an Effective E-Learning System in the Civil Servants' Job-Training

2010 ◽  
Vol 171-172 ◽  
pp. 523-526
Author(s):  
Fu Lei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Job Training ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Educational Training ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Policies ◽  
Uniform Manner

The Chinese government is pursuing e-learning policies which makes job-training with a knowledge-based society. To explain more fully the important role of the e-learning environment, this article undertakes some typical examples of the governments' job-training under e-learning environment. The main problems in servants' job-training in China are the low quantity in the servants' training, short of restriction, the uniform manner in the training and less fairness and availability of opportunities for educational training. In order to develop the e-learning system, the civil servant's job training policies are provided and the measures of the effective e-learning system are designed.

scholarly journals TULA ARMS FACTORY WORKERS TECHNICAL TRAINING ON A PART-TIME BASIS IN THE 1920S

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-42
Author(s):  
Mariya B. Krapiventseva
Keyword(s):  
Technical Training ◽  
Plant Management ◽  
Advanced Training ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
New Employees ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Time Basis ◽  
Education Network ◽  
Vocational Courses

The article, using the historical experience of Tula Arms Factory as an example, examines the problem of training workers on the job in the 1920s, insuffi ciently covered in historical science. Based on a review of a signifi cant amount of archival sources, a detailed description of various forms of technical training at the enterprise is given, supported by statistical data. The dependence of the activities of the plant management on training workers on specifi c production needs is noted. The author also pays attention to the problems of material, technical, personnel and organisational order, which reduced the quality of training. It was noted that due to staff turnover in the fi rst years of its existence, technical studies and advanced training were inextricably linked with the training of new employees. As a result, it is concluded that the technical education network at Tula Arms Factory had been successfully established by the end of the specifi ed period, the main channels of which included advanced training circles, vocational courses, individual and brigade apprenticeships. This provision is confi rmed by consideration of the private aspects of the training process, by identifying the role of graduates in the recruitment of the Tula Arms Factory by skilled workers. The materials of this study are intended to supplement the picture of the positive experience of training personnel for the Russian arms factories

scholarly journals Islamic Education System in Singapore: Current Issues and Challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-222
Author(s):  
Abdul Rahman ◽  
Idi Warsah ◽  
Ali Murfi
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The Right ◽  
Management Curriculum ◽  
Constant Comparative Analysis

Although Singapore cannot be used as a model for global Islamic education, this country has quite several madrasahs. The Singapore government is also quite responsive in providing support for the continuation of Islamic education activities. This study aims to analyze the Islamic education system—madrasah management and curriculum in Singapore. Most importantly, this study identifies how the role of madrasahs in the Singapore education system is. The study in this paper is qualitative. This study uses library research, and the method of content analysis and constant comparative analysis becomes the first option of the writer. The results show that Singapore's Islamic Ugama Majlis (MUIS) plays a significant role in monitoring and managing the development of Islamic education in Singapore, which performs three types of Islamic education, Part-Time Education, Full Time Education, and Islamic Study Program for the Community. MUIS created a special curriculum by proposing the Singapore Islamic Education System (SIES) by introducing the ALIVE curriculum. The role and relevance of madrasahs cannot be underestimated or dismissed because the growing Muslim community and society will always need the right channels for real Islamic education regardless of how progressive or modern it is. This paper provides a broad view of madrasah in Singapore and looks at management, curriculum, and the role of madrasahs.

Challenge-hindrance stressors and career initiative: a moderated mediation model

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Liu ◽  
Lei Ren
Keyword(s):  
Positive Affect ◽  
Job Autonomy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mba Students ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Part Time ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between challenge-hindrance stressors and employees’ career initiative while incorporating the mediating role of positive affect and the moderating role of job autonomy.Design/methodology/approachFive proposed hypotheses were tested using path analysis with two waves of data collected from 136 part-time MBA students.FindingsThe findings show that challenge stressors indirectly facilitate career initiative, whereas hindrance stressors indirectly inhibit career initiative, both with positive affect as mediators. Job autonomy enhances the direct relationship between positive affect and career initiative, as well as the indirect relationships among challenge/hindrance stressors, positive affect and career initiative.Originality/valueThe study brings a new perspective to understanding why an employee conducts career initiative, thereby widening the scope of the antecedents of career initiative. The study discloses positive affect as the mediator that transmits the opposite effects from challenge-hindrance stressors to career initiative. It also identifies job autonomy as an important boundary condition for positive affect to exert its influence on career initiative, as well as challenge-hindrance stressors that influence career initiative via positive affect.

scholarly journals Transitions from temporary employment to permanent employment among young adults: The role of labour law and education systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 689-707
Author(s):  
Björn Högberg ◽  
Mattias Strandh ◽  
Anna Baranowska-Rataj
Keyword(s):  
Temporary Employment ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
Transition Rates ◽  
Temporary Workers ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Permanent Employment ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road

Temporary work is common across Europe, especially among young people. Whether temporary employment is a transitory stage on the road to standard employment, and whether this varies depending on institutional contexts, is controversial. This article investigates variability in transition rates from temporary to permanent employment across Europe, and how this is related to employment protection legislation (EPL) and the vocational specificity of education systems. We utilize harmonized panel data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, covering 18 European countries and including 34,088 temporary workers aged 18–30. The results show that stricter EPL is associated with lower rates of transitions to permanent employment, while partial deregulation, with strict EPL for permanent contracts but weaker EPL for temporary contracts, is associated with higher transition rates. Vocationally specific education systems have higher transition rates, on average. Moreover, the role of EPL is conditional on the degree of vocational specificity.

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