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ERIC Number: EJ1487424
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Nov
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1477-9714
EISSN: EISSN-1479-7194
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Learning Climate and Financial Incentives: A Study on Training Participation in Dutch Organizations
Björn Johannes de Kruijf1; Arjen Edzes1,2; Jouke van Dijk1; Sietske Waslander3
Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, v31 n3 p734-751 2025
This empirical study investigated the relationship between the learning climate and training participation in Dutch organizations and how subsidies and the sharing of investments in time and costs between employers and employees affect this relationship. Our analyses are based on a survey of a representative sample of 512 organizations with at least five employees in a Dutch region. Respondents replied to five statements to measure the learning climate, while training was measured through participation and intensity. We found that an organization's learning climate is positively related to participation and intensity of training in terms of hours. However, we observe that the effect of learning climate on the number of hours of training decreases when the employer pays the costs for the training and when the training takes place during working hours. When organizations can use government subsidies, participation in training increases, and the number of hours per participant increases.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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Author Affiliations: 1Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; 2Faculty of Spatial Sciences, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands; 3TIAS, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands