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, Ute Leber 2,*1 Institut Arbeit and Technik Gelsenkirchen, Germany
2 Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung Nürnberg, Germany
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The paper analyses the mix of training forms in employer-provided training in East and West German enterprises with a special emphasis on informal and work-integrated forms of learning. Recent studies have shown that East German enterprises are at least as active in employer-provided training as West German firms. However, these studies are limited to formal ways of further training. Based on a large-scale enterprise survey and ordered-logit regressions, differences in employer-provided further training activities between East and West German enterprises can be shown. In particular, East German enterprises are less active in informal and work-integrated ways of further training.
Keywords
- employer-provided further training
- informal and work-integrated learning
- human resource management