International Journal of Manpower: Volume 24 Issue 1

Returns to human capital investment in a transition economy: The case of Russia, 1994‐1998

Andrew Clark

Russia has undergone tumultuous changes during the transition process. This has been nowhere more evident than within the labour market. The transition has now progressed to such…

New management practices and enterprise training in Australia

Andrew Smith, Eddie Oczkowski, Charles Noble, Robert Macklin

The widespread implementation of new management practices (NMPs) in industrialised countries has had a significant impact on employee training. Examines five NMPs: the learning…

Developing added value skills within an academic programme through work‐based learning

Stewart Falconer, Malcolm Pettigrew

This paper examines the extent to which the softer or transferable skills that are apparently sought by firms are developed through work‐based learning. The study is a pilot…

Information and communication technologies and changes in skills

Gyu‐hee Hwang

The research measures the diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and changes in skills in the UK during the 1980s. Using input‐output data and the Census…

Anticipating employers’ skills needs: the case for intervention

Simon P. Ellis

This paper demonstrates the need to anticipate employers’ future skills requirements, and shows how London Skills Forecasting Unit is addressing this problem. The paper first…

An evaluation of state‐subsidized, firm‐based training: The workforce development partnership program

Carl E. Van Horn, Aaron R. Fichtner

State‐subsidized, firm‐based training is an increasingly popular strategy used by state governments in the USA to encourage the economic growth of firms by upgrading the skills of…