Employers’ View on Problems Related to Workforce Skills and Qualification
Klimplová Lenka
Keywords:
Human capital, skills, obsolescence, employers, training, organization of production
Abstract:
The aim of this exploratory study is to reveal employers’ views on problems related to workforce
human capital (skills and qualification). Where do employers themselves view the core of difficulties
with ensuring adequately skilled workforce? Do they assign them to technological and
organizational changes (a functional concept of job-specific human capital obsolescence), or do
they see these problems as a result of other circumstances, such as macro-structural conditions or
institutional settings? To answer these questions selected employers in mechanical engineering
and information technology sectors in the Czech Republic were interviewed. The results show
that the employers see the problems: 1) on the side of workforce – insufficient abilities and skills,
exaggerated demands and low motivation; 2) as inadequate capacities and capabilities of the organization
itself; 3) at macro-level as institutional shortcomings in the initial educational system
and social benefits system. The problems related to workforce skills and qualification cannot be,
thus, interpreted only in the functionalist view as job-specific human capital obsolescence, but
the formulation of the problems is significantly affected by the institutional framework.
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10.7441/joc.2012.04.04
Klimplová L.(2012). Employers’ View on Problems Related to Workforce Skills and Qualification. Journal of Competitiveness, 4 (4), 50-66 https://doi.org/10.7441/joc.2012.04.04
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