...Ramudu Bhanugopan; Ying Wang; Pamela Lockhart; Mark Farrell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the perception of skills shortages, namely, skills scarcity and skills deficiencies among managers, and its relationship with organizational characteristics. Design/methodology/approach...

... by investigating labour market trends and other data sets. The hypothesis used to test this premise is: H1. There is a positive relationship between older workers' attachment to work and their intentions to continue working. Older workers Skills shortages Retirement Decision making Australia...

... and IIP are to be met. It therefore appears that the“training problem” is likely to remain a cause for concern and debate. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Competitiveness Education Organizational restructuring Skills Skills shortages Trade unions Training Vocational training Workforce...

... co‐operation” and “joint interest”[ 7 ]. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Collective bargaining Labour market Policy Skills shortages Trade unions Training A widely recognized problem for the British economy is the deficiency in the skills of its workforce. A number of studies have...

...Robert A. Jones; David M. Goss Some evidence of a relationship between training provision and the extent of skills shortages is provided by presenting the results of a survey of small firms operating across a range of manufacturing and service industries within the Portsmouth area of south...