Weiterbildungsmotivation älterer Mitarbeiter in der Elektroindustrie – Eine explorative Studie / Motivation for job-related training of elder employees in electrical industry – An exploratory case study

Hönig Walter () and Stummer Harald ()
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Hönig Walter: Regensburger Straße 29 D-93173 Wenzenbach
Stummer Harald: UMIT - University for Health Sciences Medical Informatics and Technology Studienzentrale Wien Opernring 5 A-1010 Wien (Austria)

Arbeit, 2011, vol. 20, issue 2, 127-145

Abstract: In Germany, job-related training for elder employees is quite rarely. At a certain age of the employees, companies hardly invest in further education of their staff, it is also said that older employees themselves are not really willing to get advanced training. This exploratory case study in the electrical and electronic industry with 328 employees participating in the survey analyses their participation in job-related training by means of a standardized achievement motivation inventory to measure the motivation for trainings. The results show that the opinions due to public discussion cannot be confirmed. Employees older than 50 years are highly motivated in job-related training especially higher educated employees. Further, men show a higher willingness to learn than women. Regarding the demographic development a growing part of employees will be older than 50 years. Their motivation to learn does not seem to stand in contradiction to economic needs.

Keywords: motivation; job-related training; life long learning; older employees; Weiterbildungsmotivation; berufliche Weiterbildung; lebenslanges Lernen; ältere Arbeitnehmer; motivation; job-related training; life long learning; older employees (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1515/arbeit-2011-0206

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