The skilling practices of Turkish firms and their outcomes for workers and firms

Abstract

This chapter presents a micro-level analysis on Turkish firms’ skilling strategies. It discusses how the governance structures in auto parts-automotive value chains and institutional arrangements in Turkey affect Turkish suppliers’ strategies to find workers with the skills they need. It evaluates the outcomes of the skilling strategies for firms and workers, and this helps to make inferences about the Turkish skill system’s implications for the high- or low-road development prospects of the country. The chapter shows that the skill system in Turkey, in which the state’s involvement is high, leads to skilling practices in auto parts-automotive industry firms that are linked with the public vocational education and training system. Because of this, the skill system generates general and specific skills and higher accessibility to workers and firms, which can facilitate more inclusive and continuous development.