A significant educational challenge for the future of international management in western nations is satisfying multicultural domestic markets, and overseas visitors, who have profoundly different cultural beliefs and traditions from those of the traditional western populations. With the emerging gr…
Occupational skin diseases constitute about 30% of all occupational diseases worldwide and also in Germany. Thereby, occupational skin diseases take the leading position of all occupational diseases. About 90% of occupational skin diseases are eczemas which are usually located on the hands. Accordin…
Irritant or allergic contact dermatitis of the hands is by far the most common type of occupational skin disease. In clinical studies with hand eczema patients, both an overrepresentation of subjects with sensitive skin (mostly patients with atopic dermatitis) and an excess of certain high-risk occu…
Source:International Journal of Training and Development
(2003)
The system of primary, secondary, and tertiary education in Austria is largely regulated through federal laws. Especially on the tertiary level major reforms have been initiated during the last decade. Beyond that, vocational training, especially as part of apprenticeships, is shaped by and adapted …
Like other advanced societies, Germany has experienced marked developments in its social structures during the last decades. But Germany has also been a rather special case due to historical events and institutional characteristics. This distinctiveness is now being called into question. This study …
The initial vocational training of young people in the German steel industry continues to play a very important role. Despite the difficult economic environment the apprenticeship rate has gone up markedly from 4.4% five years ago to 4.9% this year. In comparison with other industries, the steel sec…
The mobility effect of general and specific training is a key issue in the debate on the design of educational systems. Using data from two retrospective life-history surveys, we compare general school-based vocational training and specific apprenticeship training with regard to inter-firm, inter-oc…
Against a background of 'second-wave' lifelong learning in Aotearoa New Zealand a new framework for post-compulsory national qualifications was introduced. The resulting competency-based system was argued to present a number of benefits for mature women including flexibility in curriculum and delive…
