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Direct linkOnnismaa, Jussi – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2008
A case study of a tailor-made apprenticeship training program for experienced employees is presented. The existing and aspiring heads, managers, and experts in a single enterprise were offered apprenticeship training for special vocational qualification in engineering. The aim of the case study was to discover participants' views about age,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employees, Apprenticeships, Employment Experience
Download full textTikkanen, Tarja; Lahn, Leif Christian; Withnall, Alexandra; Ward, Peter; Lyng, Kolbein – 2002
WORKTOW was a multidisciplinary action research project carried out in 27 small and medium-sized enterprises in the United Kingdom, Finland, and Norway. The main focus was on the learning of workers aged 45 and older. In-depth case studies were conducted in all three countries involving a range of learning interventions. Results showed age was not…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Age Differences
Rouhelo, Anne; Ruoholinna, Tarita – 2000
Research synthesized from three studies of the Finnish labor market indicates that a rapidly changing working life in Finland (and the rest of Europe) sets many different challenges for the workforce. In Finland, the population is even more aged than in the other European Union (EU) member states, and the transition of older workers to retirement…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Demography
