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Classrooms in the Workplace: Workplace Literacy Programs in Small- and Medium-Sized Firms
(1993)
  • Kevin Hollenbeck
Abstract

Hollenbeck, using a combined qualitative/quantitative approach, estimates the linkage between workplace literacy programs and the reason for their existence - increased productivity requirements. He utilizes in-depth case studies as well as a large database to look at the costs and benefits of such programs, also the determining factors for why firms choose to implement literacy programs.

Keywords
  • adult education,
  • adult literacy,
  • workplace literacy,
  • workforce literacy,
  • worksite based training,
  • work based training,
  • employee training,
  • on the job training,
  • OJT,
  • workplace training
Publication Date
January 1, 1993
Publisher
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
ISBN
9780880991469 (cloth) ; 9780880991452 (pbk)
Publisher Statement
  1. An Introduction to Workplace Literacy Programs
  2. Workplace Literacy Programs in an Economics Framework
  3. A Project to Examine Workplace Literacy Programs in Small and Medium-Sized Michigan Firms
  4. Extent of Basic Skills Deficiencies and Incidence of Workplace Literacy Programs
  5. Attributes of Programs and Workers Who Participate in Them
  6. Impacts of Workplace Literacy Programs
  7. Summary of Findings and Policy Recommendations
Citation Information
Hollenbeck, Kevin. 1993. Classrooms in the Workplace: Workplace Literacy Programs in Small- and Medium-Sized Firms. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.