Education + Training: Volume 59 Issue 1

Building a better workforce: A case study in management simulations and experiential learning in the construction industry

Rachel Claire Douglas-Lenders, Peter Jeffrey Holland, Belinda Allen

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of experiential simulation-based learning of employee self-efficacy.

Enhancing critical thinking: accounting students’ perceptions

Carla L. Wilkin

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how assessment design was used to enhance students’ critical thinking in a subject concerned with business enterprise systems. The…

Workplace training programs: Instruments for human capital improvements or screening devices?

Irene Brunetti, Lorenzo Corsini

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of an Italian training program on the re-employment probability of young unemployed workers. The program consists exclusively of…

Transition from school-based training in VET

Marianne Dæhlen

This paper assesses the drop-out rate among disadvantaged students within vocational education and training. The purpose of this paper is to examine the probability of dropping…

The employability skills of business graduates in Syria: Do policymakers and employers speak the same language?

Rami M. Ayoubi, Kahla Alzarif, Bayan Khalifa

The purpose of this paper is to compare the desired employability skills of business graduates in Syria from the perspective of both higher education policymakers and employers in…

Factors for successful e-learning: does age matter?

Julie Fleming, Karen Becker, Cameron Newton

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors affecting employees’ overall acceptance, satisfaction and future use of e-learning, specifically exploring the impact that age…

Predicting faculty membership – application of student choice logit model

Foula Zografina Kopanidis, Michael John Shaw

Educational institutions are caught between increasing their offer rates and attracting and retaining those prospective students who are most suited to course completion. The…

Faculty-student perceptions about entrepreneurship in six countries

Mark Pruett, Harun Şeşen

In what may be the first study of its kind in business and entrepreneurship, the purpose of this paper is to compare faculty and student perceptions and beliefs about…