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Training patterns of German companies in India, China, Japan and the USA: What really works?

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The transfer of vocational education and training (VET) systems is currently the subject of lively international debate, but there has so far been very little documentation of the process or analysis of how such transfers are achieved in practical terms. This paper therefore considers the potential for transferring Germany's "dual" vocational training system to German subsidiaries abroad, specifically in China, India, Japan and the USA. Using the EPRG typology as a theoretical framework, the paper systematises the range of training strategies deployed by German subsidiaries. It analyses the findings of interviews with training officers and Directors of Human Resources in more than 40 German subsidiaries abroad. These interviews show clearly that local factors in the host country exert such a strong influence that it is not possible completely to transfer the German VET system to another country. What is more likely is that an accommodation is reached with local VET structures, local labour market conditions and other socio-cultural features. The findings suggest that policy borrowing in the area of VET is likely to be only partial and will be strongly influenced by the national characteristics of the host country.

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  • Pilz, Matthias, 2016. "Training patterns of German companies in India, China, Japan and the USA: What really works?," International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET), European Research Network in Vocational Education and Training (VETNET), European Educational Research Association, vol. 3(2), pages 66-87.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:ijrvet:146393
    DOI: 10.13152/IJRVET.3.2.1
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    1. Marhuenda, Fernando & Salvà, Francesca & Navas Saurin, Almudena A. & Abiétar López, Miriam, 2015. "Twenty Years of Basic Vocational Education Provision in Spain: Changes and Trends," International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET), European Research Network in Vocational Education and Training (VETNET), European Educational Research Association, vol. 2(2), pages 137-151.
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    1. Gericke, Erika Edith, 2017. "Why returning to VET? Results of a qualitative comparative study about English and German car mechatronics," International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET), European Research Network in Vocational Education and Training (VETNET), European Educational Research Association, vol. 4(3), pages 206-225.
    2. Alfonso Redondo & Salvador Castillo & Luis Carro & Paulino Martín, 2021. "The Effects of European Recommendations on the Validation of Lifelong Learning: A Quality Assurance Model for VET in Spain," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-26, June.
    3. Matthias Pilz & Martina Fuchs & Junmin Li & Lena Finken & Johannes Westermeyer, 2023. "Similar or Different Training Cultures? German and Chinese Companies in Their Home and Host Countries," Societies, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-17, May.

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