The Sociology of Job Training, Volume 12 (Research in the Sociology of Work)
Publisher: JAI Press
Published: October 16, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780762308866
Subjects: Work & labour; Sociology - General; Sociology; Psychology; Social Science / Sociology / General; Movements - Behaviorism
First sentence: Human capital theory hypothesizes that no firm rationally invests in general job skills training because its competitors might hire the trained employees away before the firm could recoup its costs through higher worker productivity.