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Old Dogs, New Tricks: Training Mature-Aged Manufacturing Workers
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Smith, Erica; Smith, Andrew; Smith, Chris Selby – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2010
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the employment and training of mature-aged workers, so that suggestions for improving training for mature-aged workers may be offered. Design/methodology/approach: Six expert interviews were carried out by telephone, and three case studies involving company site visits were completed. Each company case study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Manufacturing Industry, Adults, Blue Collar Occupations