The VET System and Industrial SMEs: The Role of Employees with VET Qualifications in Innovation Processes

Autor/inn/en	Brunet Icart, Ignasi; Rodríguez-Soler, Joan
Titel	The VET System and Industrial SMEs: The Role of Employees with VET Qualifications in Innovation Processes
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 69 (2017) 4, S.596-616 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Brunet Icart, Ignasi) ORCID (Rodríguez-Soler, Joan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-6820
DOI	10.1080/13636820.2017.1322130
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Industry; Small Businesses; Employment Qualifications; Innovation; Surveys; Partnerships in Education; School Business Relationship; Barriers; Educational Change; Educational Indicators; Employees; Role; Mixed Methods Research; Geographic Regions; Employer Attitudes; Participation; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Industrie; Kleingewerbe; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Bildungsreform; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Rollen; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Teilnahme; Spanien
Abstract	Reforms of the vocational education and training (VET) system in Spain are committed to a closer relationship between the VET system and companies' needs. One of these needs is for a greater contribution of the VET system to innovation in companies, especially SMEs, which have limited resources to innovate. This contribution could materialise through a closer relationship between VET centres and SMEs, and also through a greater participation of employees with VET qualifications in innovation in SMEs. This article examines the role of these employees in SME innovation processes. We present the results of a survey of industrial SMEs in two Spanish industrial regions with high levels of experimental cooperation between VET centres and SMEs. The results point to the existence of obstacles to this participation. However, other factors that enable greater participation of this employee profile in SME innovation were also observed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01