Barriers to employee training and learning in small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs)
Barriers to employee training and learning in small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs)
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中小企业(SME)员工培训和学习的障碍
DOI:
10.1108/14777281111125354
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发表时间:
2011
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通讯作者:
A. Panagiotakopoulos
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作者:
A. Panagiotakopoulos
Abstract – Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review critically the HRD literature in the small business context in order to identify the main barriers to employee training and learning and recommend ways to overcome them.Design/methodology/approach – The paper highlights the potential barriers to training and learning among small firms, looking at organizational constraints such as lack of time or limited financial resources, as well as negative attitudes towards employee training and its importance for business survival.Findings – The available studies indicate that better access to information on the applicability and usefulness of HRD to small firms can be crucial to overcoming the barriers to skills development that exists among such firms. The analysis suggests that a key challenge for policy makers in this area is to facilitate changes in owner attitudes, improve access to training interventions and create the necessary institutional conditions to encourage SMEs to move to high value‐added tra...