On the Effect of Employer Offered Leave of Work on Participation in Continuing Vocational Education and Training - Investigating the Intention-Behavior Relation.

ABSTRACT: The availability of time is a deciding factor for participation of adults in continuing vocational education and training (CVET). In view of the importance of time for participation, the present study investigates the impact of employer offered leave of work on employees' participation behavior in CVET. Leave of work provides a specific timeframe for CVET by enabling the use of working time as learning time. The rationale of the intention-behavior relation as theorized by the theory of planned behavior provides the theoretical framework for the study. The theory allows the integration of individual and contextual factors (e.g., the work environment) in explaining individual behavior and the underpinning decision-making process. The theory conceptualizes time as an element of behavioral con

SUBMITTER: Ruter F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8777233 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature