Education + Training: Volume 47 Issue 8/9

A conceptual model of management learning in micro businesses: Implications for research and policy

This article proposes the development of a conceptual model to help understand the nature of management learning in the micro business context and to inform research and policy…

Australian small business participation in training activities

This purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of on‐line training by small businesses in Australia. It explores the relationship between the owner's acceptance and use of…

Mid‐career entrepreneurial learning

Recent research on entrepreneurship education has emphasised school, college and university students, with less attention being paid to entrepreneurial learning among people in…

Entrepreneurial skills in leadership and human resource management evaluated by apprentices in small tourism businesses

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the leadership skills and entrepreneur's or owner/manager's ability to motivate apprentices and other young employees. Specifically, the…

Training and developing an age diverse workforce in SMEs: The need for a strategic approach

The purpose of this paper is to examine the importance of strategic human resource development (HRD) in small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) with specific reference to key…

The determinants of training in Australian manufacturing SMEs

The purpose of this article is to examine the factors influencing the provision of increased training in Australian manufacturing small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) that…

Paradoxes in entrepreneurship education: chalk and talk or chalk and cheese?: A case approach

The purpose of this article is to present the challenges raised within a UK HEI between business and non‐business educationalists engaged in the provision and integration of…

Managing human resource capabilities for sustainable competitive advantage: An empirical analysis from Indian global organisations

The purpose of this article is to examine the role of human resource capability (HRC) in organisational performance and sustainable competitive advantage (SCA) in Indian global…

Training programmes for stress management in small businesses

The purpose of this paper is to present: the problem of stress employees might encounter; the individual inclination to stress; the individual methods for reducing stress; and the…

Learning through online collaboration by SME staff: A scoping investigation into likely team‐role stressors

The purpose of the paper is to research the stress caused to small to medium‐sized enterprise (SME) staff by online collaboration. It aims to investigate online team roles as…

Researching entrepreneurship and education: Part 1: what is entrepreneurship and does it matter?

This article is the first in a series of conceptual and empirical contributions that, individually and cumulatively, seek to analyse, develop and link two important fields of…

Private tuition a waste of money?

Appropriate skills – the lifeblood of the small business community

Outstanding doctoral research awards

Commission selects Leonardo projects

Study visits for those responsible for vocational training

Ireland seeks to boost number of women in science and engineering

HRD in Small Organisation, Research and Practice

What Next After University? Work, Travel, Education and Life with a Degree

Valuable talent “being lost to the system”

Mobile learning inspires the hard-to-reach

Education and training perspectives in a small business context

Links with education “can boost business reputation”

Computers “could harm learning”

Three countries infringe laws on professional qualifications

Managing Labour in Small Firms