Abstract
There is a strong and persistent belief in Australian training policy circles that Australia is a poor performer by international standards in the provision of training. This view is particularly strongly held in relation to enterprise training where it is commonly assumed that Australian employers chronically under invest in the training of their employees and show little inclination to increase their training effort in response to government initiatives. Much of this belief is based on the results of successive surveys of employer training expenditure in Australia and some notoriously unreliable international comparative data. This paper explores some of these assumptions about employers and employer training from the standpoint of the qualitative data that has been collected in three research projects over the last 10 years and questions the view that employers are in a state of flight from their commitments to training.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Global VET |
| Subtitle of host publication | Challenges at the Global, National and Local Levels |
| Editors | Peter Kell |
| Place of Publication | Australia |
| Publisher | AVETRA (internet) |
| Pages | 1-10 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
| Event | 9th Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association Annual (AVETRA) Conference - University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia Duration: 19 Apr 2006 → 21 Apr 2006 |
Conference
| Conference | 9th Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association Annual (AVETRA) Conference |
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| Country/Territory | Australia |
| Period | 19/04/06 → 21/04/06 |