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来源

EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES,Vol.25,Issue11SI,P.2057-2075

语言

英文

关键字

Vocational education and training; VET; worker participation; innovation; SME; MEDIUM-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; CULTURE; ECONOMIES; PATTERNS

作者单位

[Albizu, Eneka] Univ Basque Country UPV EHU, Fac Ind Relat, Business Management Dept, Leioa, Spain. [Olazaran, Mikel] Univ Basque Country UPV EHU, Dept Sociol, Fac Educ Philosophy & Anthropol, Donostia San Sebastian, Spain. [Lavia, Cristina; Otero, Beatriz] Univ Basque Country UPV EHU, Fac Social & Commun Sci, Dept Sociol, Leioa, Spain. Albizu, E (reprint author), Univ Basque Country UPV EHU, Fac Ind Relat, Business Management Dept, Leioa, Spain. E-Mail: eneka.albizu@ehu.eus

摘要

The interactive learning model argues the importance of incremental innovation, linked to production activities, and the role in that innovation of qualified workers - including those with a vocational training degree - in opposition to the supremacy of scientific personnel that tends to characterize high-tech industries. However, scarcely any attention has been paid to the role of intermediary workers in innovation processes. This study, based on a survey of 1142 Spanish industrial small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), examines the degree to which technicians and employees with a vocational education and training (VET) profile are represented in these firms and their involvement in innovation activities. In order to identify the importance of the factors studied in a multivariate model, a binary logistic regression was performed with an index of VET workers' participation as a dependent variable, segmenting the companies by technological level. The study shows that for sectors with greatest R&D intensity, the presence of VET personnel in technical posts and the existence of external co-operation in innovation were found to triple the probability of greater participation. In more low-tech sectors, these variables continue to exercise a strong influence, but the multiplier effect of another two has also been detected, specifically the innovative capacity of the company and a greater level of involvement of operators in organizational learning practices.