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The Impact of Middle Manager Training on Productivity: A Test on Italian Companies

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: This paper presents panel evidence on the productivity effects of middle managers’ off‐the‐job formal training in Italy. It is based on a rich and reliable panel dataset covering all sectors of the Italian economy over the period 2006–2011. We employ panel data techniques and self‐selection models to show that off‐the‐job formal training for middle management has a significant nonlinear exogenous effect on total factor productivity. Moreover, results indicate that middle managers’ off‐the‐job formal training is more effective in larger firms and that different training methods have heterogeneous effects on productivity.

Source: Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society

DOI: 10.1111/irel.12174

Authors: Elena Feltrinelli, Roberto Gabriele, Sandro Trento

Institution: University of Trento

Language: English

Topic: Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation

Subfield: Applied Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2593777790

FWCI: 1.252

Cites: 69

Cited by: 13

Related to: 10