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What makes workers learn : the role of incentives in workplace education and training

Title
What makes workers learn : the role of incentives in workplace education and training / edited by Donald Hirsch, Daniel A. Wagner.
Publication
Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, ©1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Hirsch, Donald.
  • Wagner, Daniel A., 1946-
Description
x, 213 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Series on literacy
Uniform Title
Series on literacy.
Subject
  • Occupational training > Psychological aspects
  • Vocational education > Psychological aspects
  • Motivation in education
  • Adult education > Psychological aspects
  • Employees > Training of > Psychological aspects
  • Motivation in adult education
  • Continuing education > Psychological aspects
  • Motivation in adult education
  • Employees > Training of > Psychological aspects
  • Continuing education > Psychological aspects
  • Adult education > Psychological aspects
  • Motivation in education
  • Occupational training > Psychological aspects
  • Vocational education > Psychological aspects
  • Anreiz
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Berufliche Fortbildung
  • Betriebliche Fortbildung
  • Lernmotivation
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-206) and indexes.
Credits (note)
  • On cover: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; National Center on Adult Literacy.
Contents
  • Series Preface / Daniel A. Wagner -- Foreword / Jarl Bengtsson -- Introduction / Donald Hirsch and Daniel A. Wagner -- 1. Adult Learning and Work: Finance, Incentives and Certification / Paul Ryan -- 2. Do Most Employers and Workers Underinvest in Training and Learning on the Job? / John H. Bishop -- 3. Worker Access to Vocational Training: A Legal Approach / Jean Marie Luttringer -- 4. Legal Incentives and the New Workforce / Thierry Noyelle and Donald Hirsch -- 5. Organizational Change and Adult Learning / Larry Hirschhorn -- 6. Workplace Learning in Changing Environments: A Researcher/Practitioner's Viewpoint / Bill Ford -- 7. Learning at and through the Workplace: A Review of Participation and Adult Learning Theory / Kjell Rubenson and Hans G. Schutze -- 8. Functional Context Education for Schoolplaces and Workplaces / Thomas G. Sticht -- 9. Workplace Literacy Programs: Organization and Incentives / Larry Mikulecky.
  • 10. Workplace Basic Skills Programs in the United Kingdom: Why So Few? / Alan Wells -- 11. Incentives for Adult Learning in Developing Countries: Lessons and Comparisons / Laurel Puchner -- 12. Adult Learning under Conditions of Hardship: Evidence from Developing and Developed Countries / Nelly P. Stromquist.
ISBN
  • 1881303233
  • 9781881303237
  • 1881303241
  • 9781881303244
LCCN
94028030
OCLC
  • ocm30895271
  • 30895271
  • SCSB-2077400
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library