Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2026)
This study aims to identify latent employment quality patterns among vocational high school graduates and examine how these patterns are influenced by their upper-secondary vocational education and training (VET) experiences. Grounded in the International Labour Organisation's concept of decent work…
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2026)
Further education and training (FET) should form a foundation for increasingly dynamic and digital European economies. Policies aim to support ongoing workforce development and retain as many individuals as possible in the labour market. However, limited existing evidence supports the Matthew effect…
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2025)
This study addresses a significant knowledge gap in the existing literature on apprenticeship training in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a specific focus on Ghana. Despite concerns regarding the quality of informal apprenticeship training, empirical research on quality assurance practices within this sect…
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2025)
The successful implementation of the German-originated dual learning system in various national settings inspired Kazakhstan to introduce this approach to address the shortage of specialists. The self-employed status of professionals in the agri-food industry raises concerns about the intentions of …
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2025)
Many schools are creating and expanding their work-based learning (WBL) offerings to provide students access to meaningful adult–youth interactions during high school in response to increased policy focus on career readiness. Strong WBL systems depend on the success of school–industry partnerships, …
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2025)
In recent times, ‘Green Skills’ has become a buzzword in international, national and local policies. Green Skills are considered to be an important precondition to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. However, until now, there has been a research gap in how companies, charact…
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2025)
This paper aims to examine the relationship between investments in employee training and green innovation outcomes in German firms. The study investigates how these training expenditures influence the development and implementation of innovations that lead to environmental benefits, such as reduced …
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2025)
In 2012, in a context of high youth unemployment and under the influence of the European Union, Spain, began adopting dual vocational education and training (VET), initiating a policy transfer process that culminated in 2022 with legislation establishing duality as a defining feature of the national…
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2025)
Currently, in Ireland, there is a high rate of attrition among newly qualified student nurses. This paper specifically seeks to provide insights into this issue through an exploration of the experiences and perceptions of clinical placement from a sample of student nurses and preceptors in Ireland t…
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2025)
We investigated the relationships between Participation in Training, Informal Learning Behaviours (ILBs), and their dispositional (Readiness to Learn) and situational (Workplace Interaction and Autonomy) antecedents. Aiming to produce findings with greater reproducibility and generality, we used sec…
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2025)
Due to the increasing complexity of the demands of the job market, the importance of generic competencies in pupils is increasingly emphasised in secondary vocational education programmes. In this context, critical thinking competency has been highlighted as the one that enables pupils to act as aut…
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2025)
This study conducts an exploratory and integrative literature review to investigate the discourse on various concepts and terms related to the green alignment of vocational education and training (VET). The study focuses on the key actors setting the discourse, the content within it and the regional…
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2025)
Developing students' sustainable agriculture competencies requires the alignment of curriculum content to encompass the full complexity of the dynamics of agriculture. However, empirical evidence from sustainable agriculture research indicates that actions oriented towards fostering students' compet…
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2025)
To advance the social and economic goals of the communities that vocational education and training (VET) serves requires more than being responsive to governmental and industry needs. While necessary to a degree, being responsive to such needs is not a sufficient goal to which VET systems should be …
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2025)
The logistics sector plays a pivotal role in driving economic growth while addressing environmental sustainability challenges. As the industry transitions towards greener practices, the integration of ‘green skills’ into logistics vocational education and training becomes crucial for equipping the w…
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2025)
The “leaky pipeline” metaphor describes the greater likelihood of women and girls leaving Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields at every point, relative to men and boys. Gender disparities occur both in recruitment—that is, who chooses to enter a STEM pathway—as well as rete…
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2025)
This article focuses on the question of what strategies general education graduates can use to improve their chances of entering an attractive vocational education and training (VET) programme in Germany. We look, in particular, at grades in the school-leaving certificate and the additional acquisit…
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2025)
With contextualization of human capital theories, and investment in human capital, this study examined the mediator role of cooperative training in the relationship between training materials and graduates' employability in vocational education with the use of a mixed-method research design. With qu…
Published:International Journal of Training and Development
(2024)
The dual learning system gained prominence as part of the education system in Kazakhstan, involving training students in close collaboration with businesses to equip them with the skills and expertise needed for a modern workforce. This study contributes to existing literature examining the adoption…
