European Journal of Training and Development: Volume 45 Issue 6/7

Guest editorial

Riccardo Sartori, Arianna Costantini, Giuseppe Tacconi

Foster employability and fight social exclusion through the development of lifelong learning (LLL) key-competences: reviewing twenty years of LLL policies

Andrea Ceschi, Marco Perini, Andrea Scalco, Monica Pentassuglia, Elisa Righetti, Beniamino Caputo

This study aims to provide an overview of the past two decades of lifelong learning (LLL) policies for enhancing employability and reduce social exclusion in young people of…

Education and lifelong learning for young and adult peasants

Gustavo Cunha de Araujo

This paper aims to provide an overview of an expanded, workable conception of rural youth and adult education that will move Brazil closer to a fair, egalitarian society focused…

Development of pedagogical competencies of the vocational teachers in Italy and Lithuania: implications of competence-based VET curriculum reforms

Giuseppe Tacconi, Vidmantas Tūtlys, Marco Perini, Genute Gedvilienė

The present study aims to reveal common and diverging trends in the development of pedagogical competences of vocational education and training (VET) teachers and trainers in…

From sensation to cognition: a perception-based training intervention for the development of relational competences in young Italian apprentices

Riccardo Sartori, Arianna Costantini

This study aims to test the effectiveness of a training intervention based on the psychology of perception, delivered to young Italian workers and employees, with low education…

Leadership competencies for the 21st century: a review from the Western world literature

Guy Major Ngayo Fotso

The proliferation of studies on leadership competencies have not yet provided a consistent set to guide the work of researchers and practitioners. This paper aims to generate a…

Text mining for human resources competencies: Taiwan example

Chih-Hung Chung, Lu-Jia Chen

The purpose of this study is to explore the capabilities required by entry-level human resources (HR) professionals based on job advertisements by using text mining (TM) technique.

A metamodel for competence assessment: Co.S.M.O.© competences software management for organizations

Diego Bellini, Serena Cubico, Giuseppe Favretto, Stefano A. Noventa, Piermatteo Ardolino, Giovanna Gianesini, Francesco Ciabuschi, Joao Leitao, Ajay K. Jain

This paper aims to propose an explorative metamodel of the key organizational competences management and presents a Web-based tool (Co.S.M.O.^© Competences Software Management for…

An empirical study of displaceable job skills in the age of robots

Szufang Chuang

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature on issues regarding the influence of skill-polarized workplace on jobs, human capital and organization from human…

An empirical evaluation of tech interventions to improve financial decision-making

Francesco Tommasi, Andrea Ceschi, Joshua Weller, Arianna Costantini, Giulia Passaia, Marija Gostimir , Riccardo Sartori

This paper aims to empirically compare the degree to which two technological interventions, based on the computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) and the technology…