Use google scholar for finding articles.
We will do some scholar research on whether and when employers should invest in employee training this week! Please read the instruction.
The standard economic theory predicts that firms will not invest in general training (where trained KSAOs are transferrable to other organizations) and will under-invest in firm-specific training (where trained KSAOs are NOT transferrable to other organizations) because firms can lose training investment to other firms if employees switch jobs or are poached by competitors. However, employer-sponsored training is prevalent in practice.
Find 3 scholarly articles citing the seminal work of “Investment in human capital: A theoretical analysis”, Becker, 1962, that discuss the topic of why, when and whether employers should invest in employee training and present the main conclusions of the research articles.
What should this research article include?
Why is the topic important? Why did you choose the selected articles?
Summarize and provide your assessment and critique of each article clearly. (You are not expected to understand the methodology and statistics used; however, if you do and desire to share, feel free).
What was the author’s reasoning, theoretical support, and hypotheses for this research? Are these logical and succinct assumptions and propositions?
Compare the articles. How are the articles related? Are they?
Contrast the articles.
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?
What are the findings (results of the study)? Were the hypotheses supported?
What are future directions for this type of research? Limitations of the research?
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., etc.
Apply what you’ve learned in class and in your experience to your articles and presentation content.
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? Etc., etc., etc.
Summarize and provide your assessment and critique of each article clearly. (You are not expected to understand the methodology and statistics used; however, if you do and desire to share, feel free).
What were the author’s reasoning, theoretical support, and hypotheses for this research? Are these logical and succinct assumptions and propositions?
Compare the articles. How are the articles related? Are they?
Contrast the articles.
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?
What are the findings (results of the study)? Were the hypotheses supported?
What are future directions for this type of research? Limitations of the research?
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., etc.
Apply what you’ve learned in class and in your experience to your articles and presentation content.
Attached is a list of a couple of articles that have references from “Investment in human capital: A theoretical analysis”
