The standard economic theory predicts that firms will not
invest in general training (trained KSAOs are transferrable to other
organizations) and will under-invest in firm-specific training (trained KSAOs are
NOT transferrable to other organizations) because firms can lose training
investment to other firms if employees switch jobs. However, employer-sponsored
training is prevalent in practice. USE https://scholar.google.com/ Search for at 3 scholarly articles that
discuss the topic of when and whether employers should invest in employee
training.
After reviewing the articles, you will then write a
research paper discussing the main conclusions of the research articles.
What should this research paper include?
1. APA format.
2. Why is the topic important? Why did you choose the
selected articles?
3. Summarize and provide your assessment and critique
of each article clearly.
a. What
was the author’s reasoning, theoretical support, and hypotheses for this
research? Are
these logical and succinct assumptions and propositions?
b. Compare
the articles. How are the articles related? Are they?
c.
Contrast the articles.
d. Do the
articles complement each other and help to motivate research in a specific
direction?
Or, do the articles contradict each other and leave open
questions for future research?
e. What
are the findings (results of the study)? Were the hypotheses supported?
f. What are
future directions for this type of research? Limitations of the research?
g.
Critique, critique, critique!!! Is there a better way to conduct this research?
Are there better
questions to ask? Are there questions you wished the authors
had asked? Etc., etc.,
h. Apply
the findings to practice and evaluate how applicable this research and its
findings are to
practice! How can each article’s findings be applied to the
real-world? Or, can they? Can the findings help Human Resources and/or other
professionals in understanding the topic better?
How would you apply
these findings within the workplace?
