Training and commitment in a German manufacturing company during the post-2008 crisis: a case of internal flexicurity |
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Authors: | Martin R. Schneider Johanna Flore |
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Affiliation: | Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany |
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Abstract: | Studies on the links between training and organizational commitment have only looked at professional and managerial workers, mostly in the U.S. This paper focuses on a German manufacturing company that employed many blue-collar workers and offered generous training opportunities during short-time work in the post-2008 crisis. In an analysis based on employee survey data, only training in job-specific skills and training in skills usable outside of work were found to be associated positively with organizational commitment. The findings suggest that employer-provided training programs may be part of a model that achieves internal flexicurity in economies such as Germany. |
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Keywords: | Continuing training organizational commitment employability flexicurity short-time work treatment regression model |
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