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Kyndt, Eva; Dochy, Filip; Onghena, Patrick; Baert, Herman – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2013
In the continuously changing society and knowledge-intensive economy, the demand for the recurrent updating of competencies is coming to the fore for all employees, including low-qualified employees. Employees are considered low qualified when they do not have a starter qualification for higher education. Although many educational studies have…
Descriptors: Employees, Lifelong Learning, Intention, Educational Attainment
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Kyndt, Eva; Govaerts, Natalie; Dochy, Filip; Baert, Herman – Vocations and Learning, 2011
In our continuously changing society, a need for updating one's skills and knowledge puts pressure on safeguarding the labour market position of low-qualified employees. However, prior research and official statistics show that employees with a lower level of education tend to participate less in training than highly-educated individuals. This…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Employment Qualifications, Intention, Educational Attainment