オーストラリアの自動車産業における技能形成
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This study examines the skill formation process of production workers in the Australian vehicle building industry. Three main findings need to be emphasised. First, a new worker requires only a few hours, on average to become able to handle his new job at the rate of production. It takes only a couple of weeks for him even to master it so that he can do it at the same speed as his seniors. This implies that jobs in the vehicle building industry in Australia are simple and skill required to do these jobs is not complicated. Secondly, many workers continue to master new jobs during employment and they can do several jobs. Thirdly, there is also a large variety in the number of jobs which they can perform and the variety increases as soon as they are employed. This means that the selection of workers begins at an early stage of employment. The statistical analysis. also find that the skills of workers tend to be cumulative within a company - the skilled person is in-clined to stay with the firm which has given him his training. On the other hand, the level of skill of these workers is not co-related with their experience in the labour market. This implies that the skills in the vehicle building industry are more likely to be firm - specific than general. For this reason, the govern-ment policies to reinforce trainings within companies need to be considered as well as those which facilitate public training in order to raise the level of skill on the factory floors of the industry. The examination of the selection of workers finds that workers' ability is not known to other companies and it is assessed at each company. This implies that, if a wage scheme which reflects workers' ability wages and encourages workers to improve their skills is required, It needs to be determined on the basis of internal assessment.
- オーストラリア学会の論文
- 1990-12-25