...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...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Older workers Skills shortages Retirement Decision making Australia There is a lack of knowledge about the factors affecting older workers' intentions to continue in employment. At a general level, this is significant because Australia is similar...

.... 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 Youth training United Kingdom...

... training system. Collective bargaining Labour market Policy Skills shortages Trade unions Training However, we also point to a number of issues requiring further investigation in order to establish more precisely the opportunities for, and the limits to, increased union participation...

...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...