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Employers’ Cooperation in Higher Vocational Training: An Analysis of Sectoral Differences in Switzerland
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2018-09-18
Author(s)
Trampusch, Christine
Abstract (De)
The question of what leads employers to co-finance and collectively provide transferable skills, which have certification, is still puzzling. Based on a cross-sectoral comparative case study of how employers collaborate in the provision and financing of transferable (general) skills in post-secondary vocational training, this study addresses that gap. It argues that the willingness and capacities of employers’ associations to enable collective action in higher vocational training (HVT) is determined by a combination of three conditions: (1) whether large firms are committed to collective action (via industry-level employers’ associations); (2) employers’ associations’ logic of organization building, according to which employers’ associations use HVT as a device for membership and internal interest mediation; (3) spill-over effects between employers’ cooperation in initial vocational training (IVT) collective bargaining and HVT. These findings contribute not only to the literature of employers’ collective action in vocational and further training but also to studies of business associations.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SEPS - Quantitative Economic Methods
Event Title
Opening and extending vocational education, VET and Culture Workshop
Event Location
Universtiy of Zurich, Institute of Education
Event Date
17-18 September 2018
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
255061