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Firm foundations? Contingent labour and employers' provision of training in the UK construction sector
Author(s) -
Forde Chris,
MacKenzie Robert,
Robinson Andrew
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2008.00494.x
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , training (meteorology) , labour economics , perspective (graphical) , term (time) , economics , business , sociology , social science , computer science , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , physics , meteorology
Based on an original survey of the UK construction industry this article examines the training disadvantages faced by contingent labour. This article addresses two key questions: first, is the provision of training different for directly employed labour and different forms of contingent labour? Second, what structural and organisational factors shape the provision of training to different contingent labour forms? The article finds that fewer firms provide training for agency, self‐employed and subcontract labour, compared to directly employed workers. Training for subcontract labour seems to reflect a longer‐term perspective towards the use of this labour form, while decisions to train agency and self‐employed labour appears to be driven by more short‐term considerations.