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

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Waddoups, Jeff
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2014
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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 ...
View more >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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View more >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
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© 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