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The cultural dependence of vocational training

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  • Nikolaus Beck

    (University of Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland)

  • Rüdiger Kabst

    (University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany)

  • Peter Walgenbach

    (Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena)

Abstract

Do headquarters influence the subsidiaries' arrangements of vocational training in foreign countries? Our analyses of the amount of training offered to employees by organizations in 14 countries in which different training systems prevail (either continuing vocational training or initial vocational training) show that the cultural models of training diffuse between training systems in both directions. Independent from their own location, headquarters have the power to export their expectations concerning the training of employees to their subsidiaries that are located in countries with training systems different from those of the headquarters. This result is in accordance with the country-of-origin effect.

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  • Nikolaus Beck & Rüdiger Kabst & Peter Walgenbach, 2009. "The cultural dependence of vocational training," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 40(8), pages 1374-1395, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jintbs:v:40:y:2009:i:8:p:1374-1395
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    2. Martin, Albert & Kabst, Rüdiger, 2013. "Mitarbeiterorientierte Personalpolitik und Unternehmenserfolg: Ein Anwendungsfall der Anreiz-Beitrags-Theorie," Schriften aus dem Institut für Mittelstandsforschung 48, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IMF).
    3. Vahtera, Pekka & Buckley, Peter & Aliyev, Murod, 2017. "Affective conflict and identification of knowledge sources in MNE teams," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 26(5), pages 881-895.
    4. Yadong Luo & Michael A. Witt, 2022. "Springboard MNEs under de-globalization," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 53(4), pages 767-780, June.

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