Becker’s theory of human capital predicts that minimum wages should reduce training investments for affected workers because they prevent these workers from taking wage cuts necessary to finance training. In contrast, in noncompetitive labor markets, minimum wages tend to increase training of affected workers because they induce firms to train their unskilled employees. We provide new estimates...

I analyze the rm's decision of how much general but informal training to provide in the presence of on-the-job search. In particular, due to lack of formal measure and commitment technology on the training intensity, I assume that rms exibly adjust their training intensity at any time, but hardly charge the cost of training to their workers. Even without any contractual agreement on training, r...

Technology-enhanced learning environments are designed to help users practise social skills. In this paper, we present and evaluate a virtual job interview training game which has been adapted to the special requirements of young people with low chances on the job market. The evaluation spanned three days, during which we compared the technology-enhanced training with a traditional learning met...

Background & aim: One of the most important professional duties of midwives is writing the reports, which considered as legal documents. Incomplete reports can resulted in misunderstanding and even lead to filing charges against midwives by the legal authorities. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of on-the-job training (OJT) and workshop training m...

In this paper, the primary objective was to discuss the link between human resource capacity building and job performance by reviewing current literature on the subject. The review considered the aspects of capacity building that deals with the training and empowerment of individual employees in order to improve their job performance. Finding from the review indicated a strong link between huma...

traditional training which also is called (foreman-peupite) is the eldest training systems in the world. although this system, can not be used as a modern engineering education but it has several factors which could be modified for engineering education and training factor such as occupational goals, on job training and how a turnyman to be come a foman. the paper is dealt with districts and ad...

This chapter reviews the effects of performance management systems in federally sponsored employment and training programs. We focus on programs for the disadvantaged because they have the longest history, but the lessons generalize to other programs. We find in our survey that most of the evidence on the effects of performance systems relates to their failure to motivate behavior in the direct...

The JOB project (JOB, 2000) was a European-funded program run between January 1998 and June 2000. It involved a consortium of partners in Birmingham, UK, and a network of transnational partners across Europe. The aim of the project was to develop remote vocation guidance to disabled people in their own home, fully utilizing computer mediated communication. One of the concerns had to do with how...

Job interviews come with a number of challenges, especially for young people who are out of employment, education, or training (NEETs). This paper presents an approach to a job training simulation environment that employs two virtual characters and social cue recognition techniques to create an immersive interactive job interview. The two virtual characters are created with different social beh...

Resource requirements are high to develop computer-based training or automated job aides. It is also expensive to develop on-line documentation. A cost vs. benefit analysis is more likely to favor new technology when the same system can be used across multiple functions within a technical environment. The integration of training, job aiding, and on-line information is discussed in this paper. T...