Employability and Access to Training: A Contribution to the Implementation of Corporate Responsibility in the Labor Market - Softcover

Castellazzi, Silvia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3658147954 ISBN 13: 9783658147952

Publisher: Springer VS, 2016

Synopsis

Silvia Castellazzi shows how companies can implement their corporate responsibility and support employability and access to training in an incentive-compatible manner. The study provides insights into unrealized cooperation and disincentives which prevent companies from investing in a shared pool of employable and skilled people. The research draws on the theoretical framework of the economic ethics and on in-depth interviews with key stakeholders in two European countries. Findings show that incentives for investments in training are selective and might reinforce path-dependencies and exclusion, while not supporting cooperation and productive competition. The study also shows the value of conceptualizing employability as a social rather than a psychological contract to facilitate investments and the implementation of corporate responsibility. 

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About the Author

Silvia Castellazzi works as account manager in the corporate education division of MIP Graduate School of Business (Politecnico di Milano). Her research interests and activities are focused on professional and executive education, corporate responsibility and decision-making, the future of work and new forms of work organization.

From the Back Cover

Silvia Castellazzi shows how companies can implement their corporate responsibility and support employability and access to training in an incentive-compatible manner. The study provides insights into unrealized cooperation and disincentives which prevent companies from investing in a shared pool of employable and skilled people. The research draws on the theoretical framework of the economic ethics and on in-depth interviews with key stakeholders in two European countries. Findings show that incentives for investments in training are selective and might reinforce path-dependencies and exclusion, while not supporting cooperation and productive competition. The study also shows the value of conceptualizing employability as a social rather than a psychological contract to facilitate investments and the implementation of corporate responsibility.

Contents

• Trends and Conflicts in Employability and Provision of Training
  
• Incentives Structuresand Stakeholders’ Strategies
  
• A Social Contract for Employability
  

Target Groups

• Researchers in business ethics, employee relations, further education and training
  
• HR and training managers; CSR managers
  

The Author
Silvia Castellazzi works as account manager in the corporate education division of MIP Graduate School of Business (Politecnico di Milano). Her research interests and activities are focused on professional and executive education, corporate responsibility and decision-making, the future of work and new forms of work organization

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer VS
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3658147954
• ISBN 13: 9783658147952
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 166