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Organisational accreditation, workforce training and perceptions of performance

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: The paper examines if the ‘Investors in People’ (IiP) organisational accreditation scheme promoted worker training and organisational performance in Britain using a panel of organisations. DID matching estimators relating to both employee‐ and employer‐assessed training outcomes revealed that IiP status promoted workforce training, but only for private sector organisations. Conversely, losing the status was not found to have a significant training link. On organisational performance, the estimates revealed that gaining (losing) the status had a significant positive (negative) link with managers' perceptions of organisational performance in both sectors. Public sector organisations are reported to have a relative strength in workforce training, which appears to explain the lack of significant training link. The sector may thus require a different scheme to promote workforce training further.

Source: Industrial Relations Journal

DOI: 10.1111/irj.12327

Author: Getinet Astatike Haile

Institutions: University of Nottingham, IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

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: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,500