This empirical study investigated the relationship between the learning climate and training participation in Dutch organizations and how subsidies and the sharing of investments in time and costs between employers and employees affect this relationship. Our analyses are based on a survey of a representative …

Leven lang ontwikkelen en een leercultuur worden gezien als belangrijk voor mensen en organisaties om in de toekomst competitief te blijven. Ze zijn nodig om te kunnen innoveren en zorgen ervoor dat mensen en organisaties zich kunnen aanpassen aan de snel veranderende eisen op de arbeidsmarkt door digitale …

his paper develops a new, broader, and more realistic lens to study (lacking) linkages between government policy and school practices. Drawing on recent work in organization theory, we advance notions on cluster of organization routines and the logic of complementarities underlying organizational change. …

In the wake of neo-liberal informed global trends to set performance standards and intensify accountability, the Dutch government aimed for ‘raising standards for basic skills’. While the implementation of literacy standards was hardly noticed, the introduction of numeracy standards caused a major backlash …