Meeting employer's skills upgrading needs through vocational education and training provision in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(2007)
Report
McQuaid, R. W., Greig, M., Hollywood, E., Lindsay, C., Thomson, E., Devins, D., …McCracken, M. G. (2007). Meeting employer's skills upgrading needs through vocational education and training provision in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Outputs (6)
The importance of training in operationalising HR policy (2005)
Journal Article
McCracken, M., Bond, S., & McCracken, M. G. (2005). The importance of training in operationalising HR policy. Journal of European industrial training, 29(3), 246-260. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590510591111To understand how line managers make decisions about employee requests for time off at short notice and to consider the consequences for management training. Design/methodology/approach- Based on evidence from case studies carried out in four financi... Read More about The importance of training in operationalising HR policy.
Operationalising HR policy: line managers' use of discretion. (2003)
Conference Proceeding
Bond, S., & McCracken, M. G. (2003). Operationalising HR policy: line managers' use of discretion.
Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets (2003)
Journal Article
Lindsay, C., McCracken, M. G., & McQuaid, R. W. (2003). Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets. Journal of Rural Studies, 19(2), 187-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0743-0167%2802%2900067-0This paper analyses the barriers to work faced by long- and short-term unemployed people in remote rural labour markets. Applying a broad concept of 'employability' as an analytical framework, it considers the attributes and experiences of 190 job se... Read More about Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets.
Alternative job search strategies in remote rural labour markets: the role if ICT. (2003)
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W., Lindsay, C., & McCracken, M. G. (2003). Alternative job search strategies in remote rural labour markets: the role if ICT.
Towards an employability policy agenda for remote rural labour markets (2001)
Conference Proceeding
Lindsay, C., McCracken, M. G., & McQuaid, R. W. (2001). Towards an employability policy agenda for remote rural labour markets.This paper presents an analysis of the barriers to work faced by unemployed people in remote rural labour markets, and compares the experiences of the ‘long-term unemployed’ and more recent job seekers in two such areas in Northern Scotland (namely t... Read More about Towards an employability policy agenda for remote rural labour markets.