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  • Union membership and job-related training: Incidence, transferability, and efficacy

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    Waddoups, Jeff
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    Waddoups, Jeff
    Year published
    2014
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    Abstract
    This study examines the relationship between union membership and (i) the incidence of training, (ii) the degree to which training is transferable to firms other than the one providing the training and (iii) the degree to which workers perceive that training improves job performance. Using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, I find that union members are more likely to receive employer-sponsored training than their non-union counterparts. I also find that male union members are more likely than non-members to report that training improved job performance. Union membership was not related to transferability of ...
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    This study examines the relationship between union membership and (i) the incidence of training, (ii) the degree to which training is transferable to firms other than the one providing the training and (iii) the degree to which workers perceive that training improves job performance. Using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, I find that union members are more likely to receive employer-sponsored training than their non-union counterparts. I also find that male union members are more likely than non-members to report that training improved job performance. Union membership was not related to transferability of skills between employers.
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    Journal Title
    British Journal of Industrial Relations
    Volume
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2012.00909.x
    Copyright Statement
    © 2012 John Wiley & Sons Ltd/London School of Economics. This is an electronic version of an Article published in BJIR, vol. 52 (4), 20, 2014, pp. 753–778. The definitive version is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
    Subject
    Vocational Education and Training Curriculum and Pedagogy
    Applied Economics
    Business and Management
    Sociology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/60172
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