Task composition and vocational education and training – a firm level perspective

IF 1.4 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of Vocational Education and Training Pub Date : 2021-08-13 DOI:10.1080/13636820.2021.1956999

Anett Friedrich

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Abstract

ABSTRACT In Germany, about half of the school-leavers – irrespective of their school-leaving certificate – start an apprenticeship instead of entering the labour market or university. Firms act as gatekeepers who influence which school-leavers start an apprenticeship. Previous studies have provided important information on the reasons firms train. By analysing tasks, I consider an additional characteristic that probably influences firms’ training decisions. The aim of my study is twofold: I examine whether tasks performed in a firm first correlate with the decision to provide apprenticeship training and second with the school-leaving certificate of newly hired apprentices. I use the BIBB Establishment Panel on Training and Competence Development to estimate hybrid models with the task shares of firms as the main independent variables. The results suggest that firms’ task composition affects their decisions concerning vocational education and training (VET). Firms with a high share of routine or manual tasks are more likely to be involved in VET. Moreover, high shares of manual and routine tasks are accompanied by a higher demand for apprentices with lower secondary certificates, and high shares of interactive tasks by a high demand for apprentices with the highest secondary school-leaving certificate (i.e. the Abitur).

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任务构成与职业教育培训——企业层面的视角

在德国，大约有一半的毕业生——不管他们有没有毕业证书——都开始当学徒，而不是进入劳动力市场或上大学。公司扮演着看门人的角色，影响着哪些毕业生开始学徒生涯。以前的研究已经提供了关于企业培训原因的重要信息。通过分析任务，我考虑了一个可能影响公司培训决策的额外特征。我的研究有两个目的:首先，我研究公司执行的任务是否与提供学徒培训的决定有关，其次，与新聘用的学徒的离校证书有关。我使用BIBB建立培训和能力发展小组来估计混合模型，其中公司的任务份额作为主要的自变量。研究结果表明，企业的任务构成影响其职业教育培训决策。日常工作或手工工作较多的公司更有可能参与VET。此外，手工和常规任务的高份额伴随着对具有较低中学证书的学徒的更高需求，而互动任务的高份额伴随着对具有最高中学毕业证书(即Abitur)的学徒的高需求。

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Journal of Vocational Education and Training EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Vocational Education and Training is a peer-reviewed international journal which welcomes submissions involving a critical discussion of policy and practice, as well as contributions to conceptual and theoretical developments in the field. It includes articles based on empirical research and analysis (quantitative, qualitative and mixed method) and welcomes papers from a wide range of disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives. The journal embraces the broad range of settings and ways in which vocational and professional learning takes place and, hence, is not restricted by institutional boundaries or structures in relation to national systems of education and training. It is interested in the study of curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment, as well as economic, cultural and political aspects related to the role of vocational and professional education and training in society. When submitting papers for consideration, the journal encourages authors to consider and engage with debates concerning issues relevant to the focus of their work that have been previously published in the journal. The journal hosts a biennial international conference to provide a forum for researchers to debate and gain feedback on their work, and to encourage comparative analysis and international collaboration. From the first issue of Volume 48, 1996, the journal changed its title from The Vocational Aspect of Education to Journal of Vocational Education and Training.