Journal of European Industrial Training: Volume 32 Issue 7

Improving the career decision‐making behaviour of working class students: Do economic barriers stand in the way?

Paul Greenbank, Sue Hepworth

This paper aims to examine the extent to which economic factors influence the career decision‐making process of working class students.

The Portuguese youth labour market: a critical approach

Eduardo Tomé

The aim of this paper is to analyse critically the youth labour market (YLM) and the YLM policies in Portugal. The analysis covers essentially the period after 1986, when Portugal…

A study of the drivers of commitment amongst nurses: The salience of training, development and career issues

Thomas Joseph McCabe, Thomas N. Garavan

The aim of this study is to highlight factors influencing the commitment of nurses, and particularly focuses on the role of training, development and career issues. It provides…

From craft to science: Teaching models and learning processes in entrepreneurship education

Alain Fayolle, Benoit Gailly

The aim of this article is to offer a conceptual framework in entrepreneurship education largely inspired by education sciences and discuss its two main levels, the ontological…

Goldratt's thinking process applied to the problems associated with trained employee retention in a highly competitive labor market

Lloyd J. Taylor, Ilene Poyner

This study aims to investigate the problem of trained employee retention in a highly competitive labor market for a manufacturing facility in the oilfields of West Texas.