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Padachi, Kesseven; Bhiwajee, Soolakshna Lukea – European Journal of Training and Development, 2016
Purpose: Training is an important component of successful business concerns. However, although there is growing acceptance amongst scholars that small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are engines that drive economies across nations, through their contribution in terms of job creation and poverty reduction; extant research portray that these…
Descriptors: Barriers, Business, Small Businesses, Foreign Countries
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Stoffers, Jol M. M.; Van der Heijden, Béatrice I. J. M. – European Journal of Training and Development, 2018
Purpose: This study aims to empirically validate an innovative work behaviour-enhancing model of employability in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and to examine possible moderating effects of age. Design/methodology/approach: Data have been collected from 487 pairs of employees and their immediate supervisors who worked in 151 SMEs.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Small Businesses, Employee Attitudes, Employment Potential
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Tam, Steven; Gray, David E. – European Journal of Training and Development, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to relate the practice of organisational learning in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to the organisational life cycle (OLC), contextualising the differential aspects of an integrated relationship between them. Design/methodology/approach: It is a mixed-method study with two consecutive phases. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Development, Workplace Learning, Small Businesses