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Transnational worker representation and transnational training needs: the case of European works councils
Author(s) -
Miller Doug
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of training and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.558
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1468-2419
pISSN - 1360-3736
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2419.00120
Subject(s) - directive , training (meteorology) , context (archaeology) , public relations , representation (politics) , identification (biology) , set (abstract data type) , political science , sociology , public administration , computer science , law , politics , geography , botany , archaeology , meteorology , biology , programming language
The ongoing establishment of transnational information and consultation set in train by the European Works Council Directive of September 1994 is estimated to impact on approximately 25,000 employee representatives in some 1200 multinationals based in the EEA and beyond. This presents labour educators with enormous opportunities and challenges. Specific research questions which emerge in this context concern the extent to which such representatives have a set of generic and therefore transnational training needs in the area of skill, knowledge, and values/attitudes. Second, there is the extent to which existing methods of training needs identification are appropriate to detect and specify both individual and collective/organisational needs at this level. A third question concerns the prospects for transnational worker representatives to embed training needs analysis in their practice. This article attempts to shed some light on these questions.[Note 1. This article is based on research made possible by ...]