Employability and Access to Training

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVIII

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2. Motivation and Problem Statement

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   Pages 19-31

3. Theoretical Framework

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   Pages 33-50

4. Methodology, Argumentation Structure and Context

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   Pages 51-57

5. Premise 2 and Empirical Investigation

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6. Conclusio

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   Pages 101-139

7. Conclusions and Outlook on Further Research

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   Pages 141-144

8. Back Matter

   Pages 145-166

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Silvia Castellazzi shows how companies can implement their corporate responsibility and support employability and access to training in an incentive-compatible manner. The study provides insights into unrealized cooperation and disincentives which prevent companies from investing in a shared pool of employable and skilled people. The research draws on the theoretical framework of the economic ethics and on in-depth interviews with key stakeholders in two European countries. Findings show that incentives for investments in training are selective and might reinforce path-dependencies and exclusion, while not supporting cooperation and productive competition. The study also shows the value of conceptualizing employability as a social rather than a psychological contract to facilitate investments and the implementation of corporate responsibility. 

• Labor Relations
• Prisoner’s Dilemma
• Social Contract
• Employability and Provision of Training
• Stakeholders’ Strategies
• Contract for Employability
• area studies

• Graduate School of Business, MIP Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business, Milan, Italy

  Silvia Castellazzi

Silvia Castellazzi works as account manager in the corporate education division of MIP Graduate School of Business (Politecnico di Milano). Her research interests and activities are focused on professional and executive education, corporate responsibility and decision-making, the future of work and new forms of work organization.

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