We explore the relationship between training and innovation using key insights from the resource-based approach, organizational learning and labour studies. By using data from 304 large enterprises in Italy, the study highlights a twofold role of training in favouring technological and organizational changes. First, training plays a role in…

Review of literature on sociocognitive frameworks for organizations, organizational learning, and knowledge management indicates the importance of an integrative approach to learning and knowledge in organizations. Particularly important are corporate vision, organizational context, and management action. (Contains 89 references.) (SK)