The standard economic theory predicts that firms will not invest in general training (trained KSAOs are transferable to other organizations) and will under-invest in firm-specific training (trained KSAOs are NOT transferable to other organizations) because firms can lose training investment to other firms if employees switch jobs. However, employer-sponsored training is prevalent in practice. Use the following link and select at least three (3) scholarly articles that discuss the topic of when and whether employers should invest in employee training and present the main conclusions of the research articles.
Note that you are required to use three (3) “research articles.” Research articles include abstract, methodology, finding/results, etc., and APA style. 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 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?
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.
