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A Longitudinal Study of Relations among Apprentices' Nonwork Orientation, Decent Work, and Job Satisfaction
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Camilla Zambelli; Jérôme Rossier; Jenny Marcionetti – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2025
The type of nonwork orientation and decent work perception are supposed to be important factors that influence well-being at work. In this study, 196 Swiss apprentices enrolled in a vocational education training were assessed twice during the first 24 months of their apprenticeship. The results showed that there are specific links between nonwork…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Career and Technical Education, Job Satisfaction
A Future Worth Building: What Tradeswomen Say about the Change They Need in the Construction Industry. IWPR #C508
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Hegewisch, Ariane; Mefferd, Eve – Institute for Women's Policy Research, 2021
Careers in the construction trades can provide high earnings and good benefits, often through a learn-while-you-earn apprenticeship. In 2020, more than 300,000 women worked in the trades--the largest number ever. Yet while their numbers are growing, women still make up fewer than one in twenty of workers in construction occupations. This report…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Females, Experience, Sexual Identity
Workplace Identity as a Mediator in the Relationship between Learning Climate and Job Satisfaction during Apprenticeship: Suggestions for HR Practitioners
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Cortini, Michela – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to explore if and to what extent workplace identity can mediate the relationship between learning climate dimensions and job satisfaction in a group of apprentices. Design/methodology/approach: Data were gathered thanks to a non-profit organization devoted to vocational training. Participants (N 87) were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Job Satisfaction, Apprenticeships
Researching Graduates' Lived Experiences of Vocational Learning
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Leach, Tony – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2012
The aim of this article is to exemplify the value of using a phenomenological approach when investigating graduates' lived experiences of vocational learning. For this study, qualitative data was obtained during a series of email interviews with 35 participants. As a group they are highly aspirational and, during their graduate studies, were…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Experiments, Student Experience, Phenomenology
Entrepreneurial Skills in Leadership and Human Resource Management Evaluated by Apprentices in Small Tourism Businesses
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Peters, Mike – Education & Training, 2005
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to evaluate the leadership skills and entrepreneur's or owner/manager's ability to motivate apprentices and other young employees. Specifically, the article investigates young employees' perceptions about leadership and motivational behaviour in small- and medium-sized hotels. Design/Methodology/Approach:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Motivation Techniques, Work Environment, Leadership
Trading Tradition. Issues Arising from an Evaluation of the Experiences of Female Apprentices in Male-Dominated Trades in the Hunter Region of New South Wales. Summary.
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Moran, Patricia; And Others – 1986
A study examined the measures taken in seven colleges in the Hunter Region of New South Wales to promote the entry of women into nontraditional trades. Questionnaires were given to all female apprentices in nontraditional trades and a random sample of male apprentices in the same trades in 1983; all female apprentices who withdrew from training in…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Counseling, Change Strategies, Educational Improvement