Lo sviluppo delle competenze nei contesti precari

Ferrari, Filippo (2011): Lo sviluppo delle competenze nei contesti precari.

Abstract

The article explores the relationship between flexibility and skills development: the initial hypothesis was that precariousness and flexibility had a negative correlation with the opportunity to develop professional skills. Rather surprisingly, in Italy it seems that being employed on contracts known as 'atypical' or fixed-term does not have a significant impact on participation in training activities, unlike other Western countries.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Skills development in precariousness: the dark side of flexibility?
• Language: Italian
• Keywords: skills; fixed-term contracts; flexibility
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J31 - Wage Level and Structure ; Wage Differentials; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M5 - Personnel Economics > M53 - Training

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