...Emilia Kmiotek-Meier; Tonia Rossié; Konstantin Canora Purpose Our work adds to the debate regarding higher education graduates’ skills required in the labour market in Germany and beyond. Design/methodology/approach Using Q-methodology and the accompanying narrations, we explore German...

...-assessment of improvement in their own performance. Design/methodology/approach The study focuses on Poland, Italy and Germany, with a total of 1,020 learners undergoing initial vocational training in the retail sector taking part. Findings The findings point to high levels of acceptance...

...Thomas Lange Purpose The aim of this paper is to re‐examine the unique political economy of Germany's dual apprenticeship training model and its underlying philosophy of corporatist governance. It responds to recent arguments suggesting that Germany's collectivist skill regime is under threat...

...Harry Matlay; Gary Packham; Paul Jones; Christopher Miller; David Pickernell; Brychan Thomas Purpose This paper aims to examine the impact of enterprise education on entrepreneurial attitude within European higher education institutions (HEIs) in France, Germany and Poland. The research seeks...

.... In summary, it could be stated that the transition to employment is getting longer and much more difficult for many of young school leavers in Germany. As a consequence of this challenging and disappointing situation, there is the need to find options to support pupils in finding an in‐company training...

...Erica Smith; Christian Schmidt Purpose In Germany structural change and aggravated international competition have been accompanied by a declining willingness of enterprises to offer apprenticeships. Young people with low levels of qualification increasingly end up in courses at vocational schools...

... and the potential differences between the regions? Design/methodology/approach This cross‐sectional study explores the prospective career paths of 988 university students from eastern and western Germany as well as from central Portugal. In exploring the “regional dimension” it uses a wide range of variables...

... on a qualitative study conducted at Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany. A number of students were interviewed about various work‐related issues in order to acquire information about common aspects that are frequently referred to when students assess their working experiences in terms of satisfaction...

... system, showing that this insight is of central importance, since employers in Germany are increasingly withdrawing from apprenticeship provision. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a case study‐methodology and shows one selected case out of 24 presented. The selected case is then related...

...Thomas Deissinger Purpose To provide information and insight into the potential of reforms in full‐time vocational education and training (VET) (practice firms in vocational colleges) in contrast with apprenticeships against the background of training market frictions in Germany. Design...

... it faces today. Findings The paper finds that Germany, with its long‐standing tradition of dual apprenticeships and the reputation of maintaining its practices rather than changing them, has joined the vocational education and training reform agenda. It also finds that reforms seem inevitable...

... in England and the new Germany. The 900 young adults came from three cities, each of which represented a labour market undergoing structural change in England, eastern Germany and western Germany respectively. The research found that young adults experience a sense of control or “agency” as they plan...

... typical of apprenticeship training in Germany. The outstanding stipulation may be seen in the “big qualification proof” which is only indirectly linked to apprenticeships as it affects the right to establish a craft business (section 7 of the Handicraft Act; re‐confirmed in 1965 and 1993; for details see...

...David Gibbons‐Wood; Thomas Lange Examines the experiences of Germany and Sweden in their attempts to develop core skills and key competencies among trainees and young employees. Particular attention is devoted to vocational training as a promising school‐to‐work transition process, which stimulates...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Germany Information technology Training Germany "falling behind" in technology Keywords Germany, Information technology,Training Germany is falling behind in the technology race, says the chief executive of the country's leading...

...Thomas Lange; Geoff Pugh Discusses the impact of high wages and investment strategies in physical and human capital on eastern Germany post unification. Introduces the concept of learning‐by‐doing as an externality of high quality investment. Provides some eclectic arguments in support of learning...

...Thomas Deissinger Examines the dual system of vocational education and training in Germany and points out that the system is more than just an alternative training arrangement. Draws on the five major features which underlie the principle of the dual system (dualism of learning venues, legalism...

...J.R. Shackleton Introduces the concept of non‐company‐based vocational training in Germany and assesses the impact of vocational training without work experience. Provides primary research results drawn from a representative survey of eastern German trainees in company and non‐company‐based...

...Joachim Gerd Ulrich Discusses the impact of high wages and investment strategies in physical and human capital on eastern Germany post unification. Introduces the concept of learning‐by‐doing as an externality of high quality investment. Provides some eclectic arguments in support of learning...

...Simon Foot; David Megginson Begins by reviewing technical progress towards establishment of an effective and standardized, competence‐based vocational education and training system, and compares this progress with the system in Germany. Describes a number of respects in which the system is failing...